Definition of relaxe
1. relax [ v ] become less tense
Examples:
"He relaxed in the hot tub"
(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)
Even_so , he could not ease the tension of his body ; the rough surface of the earth itself seemed to resist every attempt on his part to relax .
(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)
The stern face would relax , the black clad arms would embrace him , `` My son '' !
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
The only way to find things is to relax '' .
Synonyms relax unbend make_relaxed unwind decompress slow_down loosen_up unstrain unlax Related Terms tense tense change_state affect sit_back unbend vege_out relaxer relaxant decompress2. relax [ v ] become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
Examples:
"He relaxed in the hot tub"
"Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
3. relax [ v ] make less tight
Examples:
"relax the tension on the rope"
(Sexology, 28:1...)
She learns how to relax them to accept - instead of contracting them to repel the entering object .
The pain and distress associated with the performance may easily give the wife a deep-seated dread of marital relations and cause her , unconsciously , to make the sex_act unpleasant and difficult for both by exercising her vaginal muscles to complicate his penetration instead of relaxing them to facilitate it .
(William H. Ittelson and Samuel B. Kutash,...)
She ascribed her delight with both experiences to the effect they seemed to have of temporarily removing from her the controls which she felt so compulsively necessary to maintain even when it might seem appropriate to relax these controls .
Thus , this readiness to relax controls , evidenced in the Kohnstamm situation , appears to be a more general personality factor .
(Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)
By relaxing the throat muscles and expanding the oral_cavity well into the frontal_sinuses , she could direct the vowel_sounds into the_most felicitous position for proper reproduction through her throat microphone .
Synonyms relax unbend Related Terms loosen unbrace relaxation4. relax [ v ] become loose or looser or less tight
Examples:
"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"
(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)
There is one exception to the above statement as has been pointed_out , and that is that fluids can relax by flowing into fields of lower rates of shear , so the statement should be modified by stating that the mechanics are similar .
Synonyms relax loose loosen Related Terms stiffen weaken relaxation5. relax [ v ] cause to feel relaxed
Examples:
"A hot bath always relaxes me"
(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)
Similarly , higher levels of GNP do not , in themselves , provide grounds for raising prices , but they do relax some of the pressure on the industry so that it can raise prices higher for a given wage increase .
Synonyms relax loosen_up unlax unwind make_relaxed unstrain Related Terms tense tense affect unbend6. relax [ v ] make less severe or strict
Examples:
"The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
7. relax [ v ] become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
Examples:
"our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
8. relax [ v ] become less severe or strict
Examples:
"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
9. relax [ v ] make less active or fast
Examples:
"He slackened his pace as he got tired"
"Don't relax your efforts now"
10. relax [ v ] become less tight
Examples:
"the rope relaxed"
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