relax : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: relax	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for relax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relax v become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" Synonym(s): relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down Antonym(s): tense, tense up make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" Synonym(s): relax, unbend become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" Synonym(s): loosen, relax, loose Antonym(s): stiffen cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" Synonym(s): relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed Antonym(s): strain, tense, tense up become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" Synonym(s): relax, loosen up make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" Synonym(s): relax, loosen become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" Synonym(s): relax, loosen make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" Synonym(s): slack, slacken, slack up, relax
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relax \Relax"\, v. i. 1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax* with toil. --Pope. 2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. --Prior. 3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relax \Relax"\ (r?-l?ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relaxed} (-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relaxing}.] [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See {Lax}, and cf. {Relay}, n., {Release}.] 1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax* a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. --Milton. Nor served it to relax their serried files. --Milton. 2. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature. --Swift. 3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind. 4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels. Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relax \Re*lax"\, n. Relaxation. [Obs.] --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relax \Re**lax"\, a. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.