different between relax vs unclench
relax
English
Etymology
From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relax?re (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + lax?re (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???læks/
- Rhymes: -æks
Verb
relax (third-person singular simple present relaxes, present participle relaxing, simple past and past participle relaxed)
- (transitive) To calm down.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- I relax in the living room.
- I relax in the living room.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- The statute of mortmain […] was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
- (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
Antonyms
- stress, excite
Derived terms
- relaxable
- overrelax, underrelax
Related terms
- relaxation
Translations
Anagrams
- laxer, raxle
Italian
Noun
relax m (invariable)
- relaxation (mental or physical)
Spanish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, shortening of English relaxation or erroneous borrowing of English relax.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rela?s/, [?re.la??s]
Noun
relax m (uncountable)
- relaxation
Derived terms
- estar de relax
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unclench
English
Etymology
From Middle English unclenchen, equivalent to un- +? clench.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?kl?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Verb
unclench (third-person singular simple present unclenches, present participle unclenching, simple past and past participle unclenched)
- (transitive) To open (something that was clenched).
- (intransitive) To relax, especially one's muscles.
Translations
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