| VERB | body | unstrain, relax, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed |
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| 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 unstrain Sue | |
| Synonyms | relax, 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 | |
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