Meaning of relaxing in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To calm down.

• To make something loose.

  Example: to relax a rope or cord

• To become loose.

• To make something less severe or tense.

  Example: to relax discipline

• To become less severe or tense.

• To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

• (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.

• To relieve (something) from stress.

  Example: Amusement relaxes the mind.

• To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

  Example: An aperient relaxes the bowels.

noun

• The process by which something is relaxed.

  Example: relaxings of the muscles

adjective

• Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

  Example: a relaxing piece of music