Crossword clues for relaxed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relax \Re*lax"\ (r?-l?ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.] [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.]
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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.
Horror . . . all his joints relaxed.
--Milton.Nor served it to relax their serried files.
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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.
The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
--Swift. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
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To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.
Wiktionary
1 Having an easy-going mood or temperament. 2 eased or loosened. v
(en-past of: relax)
WordNet
Usage examples of "relaxed".
While the acousticians usually came to work in jackets and ties, the atmosphere on the computer side was decidedly more relaxed.
A moment later, the Indexer relaxed from sifting through the agate gravel.
Harvard graduate identifying a brother alumnus, and in the face of such credentials Simon relaxed.
Relaxed after the hunt, warm under the limpid trees, a little stirred by the romance and the artifice, the English Ambassage lay listening, smiling, and watched the young man who had given Sir John Perrott a poor game, but had clearly been selected by the Scottish Queen for quite different talents.
Tony relaxed slightly as Arra pushed through the crowd holding up what looked like official documentation.
Alexander ascended his tribunal, and with a modest firmness represented to the armed multitude the absolute necessity, as well as his inflexible resolution, of correcting the vices introduced by his impure predecessor, and of maintaining the discipline, which could not be relaxed without the ruin of the Roman name and empire.
He saw guards, relaxed though in uniform, armed only with holstered pistols, an officer, and one man in overalls, incongruous as a plumber might have been in those aseptic surroundings.
Joe relaxed and focused his yellow eyes questioningly on Asey, who shrugged.
Julia relaxed slowly as Azar dabbed the perspiration from her forehead and murmured to her, touching her face tenderly.
Instead, it accepted their presence and eventually was relatively relaxed as first Baken, then Vetch handled it.
It carried him to Sio Bibble and the Naboo officials now, jointed armatures working in careful precision, allowing him to remain relaxed and comfortable as he took note of the fear in the eyes of the officials backing Bibble.
He relaxed a little, feeling as if Bluey were still seated beside him, issuing instructions.
Trigger finger relaxed, Bonhomme grinned and laid the shotgun across his broad shoulder.
Lying there listening to her heartbeat, Cade slowly relaxed into a strange, fragile sense of peace.
He seemed relaxed and nonchalant, but he kept looking at them as if he were drinking in information that only a cetic could make use of.