| VERB | body | relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease |
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| change | relax, unbend | make less taut | |
| change | relax, loosen, loose | become loose or looser or less tight / tight / tight / tight | |
| body | relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed | |
| social | relax, loosen up | become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | |
| social | relax, loosen | make less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict | |
| social | relax, loosen | become less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict | |
| change | relax, slack, slacken, slack up | make less active or fast |
| Sounds | rihlae'ks; riylae'ks | |
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| Rhymes | Acts ... Zovirax: 33 rhymes with aeks... | |
| Meaning | Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue relax | |
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| Synonyms | loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down | |
| Caused by | relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | Cause to feel relaxed |
| Narrower | sit back, take it easy | Settle into a comfortable sitting position |
| vege out, vegetate | Engage in passive relaxation | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | tense, tense up | Become tense, nervous, or uneasy |
| Spanish | mitigar, relajar | |
| Catalan | relaxar | |
| Adjectives | relaxant | tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension |
| Nouns | relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain / strain or responsibility) |
| relaxation | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers | |
| Meaning | make less taut. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "relax the tension on the rope" | |
| Synonym | unbend | |
| Narrower | unbrace | Remove from tension |
| Broader | loosen, loose | make loose or looser |
| Spanish | destensar | |
| Catalan | destesar, relaxar | |
| Nouns | relaxation | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers |
| relaxer | any agent that produces relaxation | |
| Meaning | Become loose or looser or less tight / tight / tight / tight. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "the rope relaxed" | |
| Synonyms | loosen, loose | |
| Caused by | loosen, loose | make loose or looser |
| Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
| Opposite | stiffen | Become stiff or stiffer |
| Spanish | aflojarse, aflojar, relajarse | |
| Catalan | afluixar, deixar anar, deslligar, laxar, liberalitzar, relaxar-se, relaxar, soltar | |
| Nouns | relaxation | an occurrence of control or strength weakening |
| Meaning | Cause to feel relaxed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to relax Sue | |
| Example | "A hot bath always relaxes me" | |
| Synonyms | unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | |
| Cause to | relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down | Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease |
| Narrower | unbend | Release from mental strain, tension, or formality |
| Broader | affect | act physically on |
| Opposite | tense, strain, tense up | Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious |
| Spanish | relajar | |
| Catalan | relaxar | |
| Adjectives | relaxant | tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension |
| Nouns | relaxant | a drug that relaxes and relieves / relieves tension |
| relaxation | a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | |
| relaxer | any agent that produces relaxation | |
| Meaning | Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" | |
| Synonym | loosen up | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Nouns | relaxation | a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry |
| Meaning | make less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" | |
| Synonym | loosen | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | relax, loosen | Become less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict |
| Nouns | relaxation | the act of making less strict / strict |
| Meaning | Become less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" | |
| Synonym | loosen | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | relax, loosen | make less severe or strict / strict / strict / strict / strict |
| Nouns | relaxation | the act of making less strict / strict |
| Meaning | make less active or fast. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't relax your efforts now" | |
| Synonyms | slack, slacken, slack up | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | aflojar, moderar, remitir, soltarse | |
| Catalan | afluixar, alentir, deixar anar, moderar, remetre | |
| Nouns | relaxation | an occurrence of control or strength weakening |
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