relax

Meaning

To calm down.
To make something loose.
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

lie on the side

have a rest

become loose

feel at home

slack up

make relaxed

make peaceful

take a rest

throw oneself down

free from

be less active

make loose

be at leisure

feel at ease

yield

be at ease

be happy

be moderate

get one’s breath

grow weary

make oneself at home

take one’s ease

be dead

let one’s hair down

take rest

spend leisure time

give rest to

put one’s feet up

lool

make lax

vege out

let hair

amuse oneself

becalm

declare

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈlæks/

From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”).

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