unlax

unlax
verb
cause to feel relaxed
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A hot bath always relaxes me

Syn: ↑relax, ↑unstrain, ↑loosen up, ↑unwind, ↑make relaxed
Ant: ↑strain (for: ↑unstrain), ↑tense (for: ↑relax)
Derivationally related forms: ↑relaxant (for: ↑relax), ↑relaxation (for: ↑relax), ↑relaxer (for: ↑relax)
Hypernyms: ↑affect
Hyponyms: ↑unbend
Cause: ↑relax, ↑loosen up, ↑unbend, ↑unwind, ↑decompress, ↑slow down
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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The performance is likely to unlax Sue

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\\|ən|laks\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: un- (II) + -lax (as in relax)

lie in the hot sun, feeling yourself gradually unlax — Bennett Cerf

: to gradually relieve the tension in

took only a few minutes of the caressing air of Rome … to unlax cramped muscles — Kay Halle

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/un laks"/, v.t., v.i.
Slang. to relax; rest.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • unlax — [an”lseks] in. to unwind and relax. □ I just can’t wait to get home and unlax. □ Unlax, man. Take it easy …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • unlax — /un laks /, v.t., v.i. Slang. to relax; rest. * * * …   Universalium

  • unlax — un·lax …   English syllables

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