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relaxing

/rɪˈlaks/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈlaks/

rɪˈlaks

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

rɪ - ˈlaks -> relaxing

Myanmar meaning

(adj) သက်တသောင့်သက်သာရှိစေ (v[ing]) အပန်းဖြေနေ

Full entry

relax /r'læks/ v

၁။ (က) အပန်းဖြေသည်။
Just relax and enjoy the movie. ❍ I like to relax with a good book/glass of wine when I get home from work.
(ခ) စိတ်ချသည်။ စိတ်ပြေလက်ပျောက်ဖြစ်သည်။
I'll only relax when I know you're safe. ❍ Relax! Everything will be all right. ❍ A drink after work relaxed him.
၂။ လျှော့လိုက်သည်။ ဖျော့ လိုက်သည်။ Let your muscles relax slowly. ❍ His face relaxed into a smile. ❍ a massage to relax the muscles ❍ relax one's grip (on sth) ❍ (fig ) The dictator refuses to relax his grip on power.
၃။ လျှော့ပေါ့ပေးသည်။ We could relax the entry requirements slightly in your case.
၄။ (သတိ၊ အာရုံစူးစိုက်မှုစသည်)လျှော့လိုက်သည်။ You cannot afford to relax your vigilance/concentration for a moment.
❏ relaxation /_'ri:læk'seʃn/ n
၁။ (က) [U] အပန်းဖြေ နားနေခြင်း။
The President doesn't have much time for relaxation.
(ခ) [C] အပန်းဖြေမှု။ Fishing is his favourite relaxation.
၂။ [U] လျှော့ပေါ့မှု။ some relaxation of the rules.
❏ relaxed adj
၁။ စိုးရိမ်သောကကင်းသော။ ငြိမ်းအေးသော။ စိတ်အေးလက်အေးဖြစ်သော။
a relaxed atmosphere in the classroom ❍ She looked very relaxed after her weekend trip.
၂။ သက်သောင့်သက်သာရှိသော။ မတင်းကျပ်သော။
a relaxed teaching style ❍ Her father is fairly relaxed about/takes a fairly relaxed attitude towards discipline.
❏ relaxing adj သက်သောင့်သက်သာရှိစေသော။ သောက ဖိစီးမှုလျော့ပါးစေသော။
a relaxing bath/drink/holiday.

More examples

Just sit down and try to relax for half an hour.
Relax your stomach muscles; then repeat the exercise.
I felt my shoulders relax a little.
Some firms have relaxed their restrictions on unpaid leave.

Synonyms

unwind, calm down, slow down, let go, loosen up, lighten up, settle down, abate, be calm, breathe easy, calm, chill out, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off, decrease, diminish, ease, ease off, ebb, feel at home, hang loose, have a break, knock off, lax, laze, lessen, let oneself go, let up, lie down, loose, loosen, lose speed, lower, make oneself at home, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, put one's feet up, put your feet up, recline, reduce, relieve, remit, repose, rest, settle back, simmer down, sit around, sit back, slack, slacken, slow, soften, stop work, take a break, take a breather, take it easy, take one's time, take ten, take time out, tranquilize, unbend, unlax, untighten, weaken

Antonyms

agitate, be active, energize, excite, grow, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, raise, rise, strengthen, tense, worry

Cross references

unwind calm down slow down let go loosen up lighten up settle down abate be calm breathe easy calm chill out collect oneself compose oneself cool off decrease diminish ease ease off ebb feel at home hang loose have a break knock off lax laze lessen let oneself go

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