Relax: alternatives and connections

To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To support or sustain; to hold up.

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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.

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To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

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The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

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The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To relieve from a strain; to relax.

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To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.

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