| lax | | |
| adj. | 1. lax, slack | lacking in rigor or strictness.; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" |
| ~ negligent | characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern.; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" |
| adj. | 2. lax | pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet'). |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| adj. | 3. lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| ~ loose | not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting.; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
| ~ droopy, sagging, drooping | hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness). |
| ~ limp | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know"; "a slack grip" |
| ~ floppy | hanging limply.; "a spaniel with floppy ears" |
| ~ slack, loose | not tense or taut.; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" |
| ~ loose-jointed | loosely articulated or constructed.; "a loose-jointed paragraph" |
| ~ tensionless | free from tension. |
| adj. | 4. lax, loose | emptying easily or excessively.; "loose bowels" |
| ~ unconstipated, regular | not constipated. |
| loose | | |
| v. (social) | 1. free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
| ~ unspell | release from a spell. |
| ~ unchain | make free. |
| ~ bail | release after a security has been paid. |
| ~ run | set animals loose to graze. |
| ~ bail out | free on bail. |
| ~ parole | release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" |
| v. (contact) | 2. let loose, loose, unleash | turn loose or free from restraint.; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" |
| ~ let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| v. (change) | 3. loose, loosen | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ relax, loose, loosen | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ relax, unbend | make less taut.; "relax the tension on the rope" |
| ~ slacken, remit | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness. |
| ~ slack | release tension on.; "slack the rope" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen something by unscrewing it.; "unscrew the outlet plate" |
| ~ unscrew | loosen by turning.; "unscrew the bottle cap" |
| v. (change) | 4. loose, loosen, relax | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| adj. | 5. loose | not compact or dense in structure or arrangement.; "loose gravel" |
| ~ light | (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.; "light soil" |
| ~ unfirm, shifting | (of soil) unstable.; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" |
| ~ silty | full of silt.; "silty soil" |
| ~ unconsolidated | loose and unstratified.; "unconsolidated soil" |
| adj. | 6. loose | (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player.; "a loose ball" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ uncontrolled | not being under control; out of control.; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth" |
| adj. | 7. loose | not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting.; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" |
| ~ baggy, loose-fitting, sloppy | not fitting closely; hanging loosely.; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" |
| ~ flyaway | (of hair or clothing) worn loose.; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat" |
| ~ lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| adj. | 8. informal, loose | not officially recognized or controlled.; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" |
| ~ unofficial | not having official authority or sanction.; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity" |
| adj. | 9. free, liberal, loose | not literal.; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| adj. | 10. loose, unaffixed | not affixed.; "the stamp came loose" |
| adj. | 11. loose, slack | not tense or taut.; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" |
| ~ lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" |
| adj. | 12. loose, open | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps.; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" |
| ~ coarse, harsh | of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles.; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" |
| adj. | 13. idle, loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility.; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" |
| ~ irresponsible | showing lack of care for consequences.; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" |
| adj. | 14. loose | not carefully arranged in a package.; "a box of loose nails" |
| ~ unpackaged | not packaged or put into packets.; "unpackaged nuts" |
| adj. | 15. at large, escaped, loose, on the loose | having escaped, especially from confinement.; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" |
| ~ free | able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" |
| adj. | 16. easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |
| ~ unchaste | not chaste.; "unchaste conduct" |
| adv. | 17. free, loose | without restraint.; "cows in India are running loose" |
| slack | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. slack | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve. |
| ~ debris, detritus, junk, rubble, dust | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. |
| n. (process) | 2. drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack, slump | a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" |
| ~ decline in quality, worsening, declension, deterioration | process of changing to an inferior state. |
| n. (object) | 3. slack, slack water | a stretch of water without current or movement.; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless" |
| ~ stretch | a large and unbroken expanse or distance.; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" |
| n. (object) | 4. mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slack | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. |
| ~ bog, peat bog | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. slack, slackness | the quality of being loose (not taut).; "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" |
| ~ looseness, play | movement or space for movement.; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. slack | a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely.; "he took up the slack" |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| v. (social) | 7. slack | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle. |
| ~ fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | avoid (one's assigned duties).; "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. slack | be inattentive to, or neglect.; "He slacks his attention" |
| ~ neglect | fail to attend to.; "he neglects his children" |
| v. (change) | 9. slack | release tension on.; "slack the rope" |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| v. (change) | 10. relax, slack, slack up, slacken | make less active or fast.; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 11. slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up | become slow or slower.; "Production slowed" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| v. (change) | 12. abate, slack, slake | make less active or intense. |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 13. abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (change) | 14. slack, slake | cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water.; "slack lime" |
| ~ hydrate | cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to.; "hydrate your skin" |
| ~ air-slake | alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate.; "air-slake lime" |
| adj. | 15. slack | flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide.; "slack water" |
| ~ standing | (of fluids) not moving or flowing.; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" |
| relax | | |
| v. (body) | 1. decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" |
| ~ vege out, vegetate | engage in passive relaxation.; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" |
| ~ sit back, take it easy | settle into a comfortable sitting position. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (change) | 2. relax, unbend | make less taut.; "relax the tension on the rope" |
| ~ loosen, loose | make loose or looser.; "loosen the tension on a rope" |
| ~ unbrace | remove from tension. |
| v. (body) | 3. loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind | cause to feel relaxed.; "A hot bath always relaxes me" |
| ~ affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| ~ unbend | release from mental strain, tension, or formality.; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information" |
| ~ relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, slow down, unbend | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" |
| v. (social) | 4. loosen up, relax | become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner.; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| v. (social) | 5. loosen, relax | make less severe or strict.; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ loosen, relax | become less severe or strict.; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" |
| v. (social) | 6. loosen, relax | become less severe or strict.; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ loosen, relax | make less severe or strict.; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" |
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