Word Meaning

relax definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. 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.
n. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
n. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
v. i. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
v. i. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
v. i. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
n. Relaxation.
a. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Crossword clues for relax

- Become less tense
- Drop your guard
- Idle
- If there’s a real problem with kiss, loosen up!
- Laze
- Rex goes round Los Angeles to unwind
- Slacken
- Unwind
- Wonderland girl