relax

Meaning of relax

verb

To calm down.
To make something loose.
to relax a rope or cord
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
to relax discipline
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
(of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
Amusement relaxes the mind.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
An aperient relaxes the bowels.

Information about relax

It is a verb.
The plural form of relax is: relaxes.
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Hyphenation of relax

re-lax

It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
relax is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

relax synonyms

Meaning loosen up:

unbend, unwind, decompress

Meaning unbend:

Meaning loosen:

Meaning unstrain:

unstrain, unlax, unwind

Meaning slack:

relax antonyms

Meaning :

Translation of relax

Italian: allentare, rilassare, rilasciare, distendersi, rilassarsi, svagarsi, sciogliersi, riposarsi
German: lockern
French: relâcher
Spanish: relajar, relajarse, calmarse
Portuguese: relaxar

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