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LAX
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emptying easily or excessively
Example:
loose bowels
Synonyms:
lax; loose
Classified under:
Similar:
regular; unconstipated (not constipated)
Derivation:
laxness (the condition of being physiologically lax)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in rigor or strictness
Example:
slack in maintaining discipline
Synonyms:
lax; slack
Classified under:
Similar:
negligent (characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern)
Derivation:
laxity; laxness (the quality of being lax and neglectful)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lacking in firmness or tension; not taut
Example:
a lax rope
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
drooping; droopy; sagging (hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness))
limp (lacking or having lost rigidity)
floppy (hanging limply)
loose; slack (not tense or taut)
loose-jointed (loosely articulated or constructed)
tensionless (free from tension)
wilted ((of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease)
Also:
loose (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Antonym:
tense (taut or rigid; stretched tight)
Derivation:
laxness (the condition of being physiologically lax)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in 'bet')
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)
Antonym:
tense (pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat'))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lax
