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Look up: RELAX

  1. relax
    [v] - become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner 2. [v] - make less severe or strict 3. [v] - become less severe or strict 4. [v] - make less tight 5. [v] - become less tense, rest, or take one`s ease 6. [v] - cause to feel relaxed
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Relax
    When the muscle is resting (it is not contracted) it is said to be ‘relaxed`. It involves a reduction of tension in the muscle.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20560

  3. Relax
    Re·lax' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Relaxed (-l?kst'); present participle & verbal noun Relaxing .] [ Latin relaxare ; prefix re- re- + laxare to l...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/44

  4. Relax
    Re·lax' intransitive verb 1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax . « His knees relax with toil.» Pope. 2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. « In others she...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/44

  5. Relax
    Re·lax' noun Relaxation. [ Obsolete] Feltham.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/44

  6. relax
    1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. 'Horror . . . All his joints relaxed.' (Milton) 'Nor served it to relax their serried files.' (Milton) ... 2. To make less severe...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. relax
    verb make less tight; `relax the tension on the rope`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. relax
    unlax 1 loosen up 1 unwind 1 make relaxed verb cause to feel relaxed; `A hot bath always relaxes me`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Relax
    • (n.) Relaxation. • (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. • (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. relax
    relax 1. To spend time resting or doing things for pleasure, especially in contrast to or as a relief from the effort and stress of everyday life. 2. To become, or make someone or something, less anxious, hostile, defensive, or formal. 3. To slacken something that is tensed or tight, e.g. a muscle o...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. relax
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-laks′ Definitions: 1. To loosen; to slacken. 2. To cause a movement of the bowels.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. Relax
    (song) "`Relax`" is the debut single by British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984). Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, "Relax" ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relax

  13. Relax
    (Das Racist album) `Relax` is the first commercially released album by New York hip-hop group Das Racist, following the success of their first two mixtapes Shut Up, Dude and publisher=Stereogum-->--> The album is produced by Patrick Wimberly of Chairlift (Band)| Chairlift, wi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relax



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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