- relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
--1 is one way to change state, turn
Antonyms: tense, tense up
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun relaxation1, noun relaxation5
Sam and Sue relax
- relax, unbend - make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"
--2 is one way to loosen, loose
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun relaxation1, noun relaxer1
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- loosen, relax, loose - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
--3 is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relaxation4
Something ----s
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- relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed - cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
--4 is one way to affect
Antonyms: tense, strain, tense up
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun relaxation3, noun relaxer1, noun relaxant1
The performance is likely to relax Sue
- relax, loosen up - become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
--5 is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun relaxation3
Somebody ----s
- relax, loosen - make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relaxation7
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- relax, loosen - become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
--7 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun relaxation7
Something ----s
- slack, slacken, slack up, relax - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
--8 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun relaxation4
Somebody ----s something
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