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Unstrain: alternatives and connections

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Unstrain

To relieve from a strain; to relax.

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Broader term 1

Affect 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manner of action 1

Unbend 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Causes 3

Relax 72% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Unbend 72% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Unwind 72% connected

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Synonym 2

Relax 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unwind 92% connected

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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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