relax
To make something loose.
Verb 4 meanings
To make something loose.
“to relax a rope or cord”
To become loose.
To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
“Amusement relaxes the mind.”
To rest and become relieved of stress.
“I like to relax by listening to music.”
Etymology
From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”). By surface analysis, re- + lax (“open, free, loose”).
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RELAX at a glance
RELAX has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + L 1 + A 1 + X 8) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,321 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with relax
All rhymes- FLAX14
- PARALLAX17
- CHILLAX19
- GALAX13
- SMILAX15
- GRAVLAX18
- TOADFLAX19
- GRAVADLAX21
- CURTALAX17
- EARTHFLAX22
- MALAX14
- OVERLAX17
One letter away
- RELAY8
- RETAX12
- REWAX15
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