1 [V] ~ (with sth) to rest while you are doing sth enjoyable, especially after work or effort:
When I get home from work I like to relax with a glass of wine. * Just relax and enjoy the movie. * I'm going to spend the weekend just relaxing.
2 to become or make sb become calmer and less worried:
[V] I'll only relax when I know you're safe. * Relax! Everything will be OK. [also VN]
3 to become or make sth become less tight or stiff:
[V] Allow your muscles to relax completely. * [VN] The massage relaxed my tense back muscles. * He relaxed his grip on her arm. * (figurative) The dictator refuses to relax his grip on power.
4 [VN] to allow rules, laws, etc. to become less strict:
The council has relaxed the ban on dogs in city parks.
5 [VN] to allow your attention or effort to become weaker:
You cannot afford to relax your concentration for a moment.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for relax is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is relax a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, relax is tagged as verb.
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