English words for 'That which relaxes'
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verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- cause to become unblocked
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- (intransitive) To become loose; to loosen; to relax (a muscle, etc.).
- (colloquial) To relax; to act less seriously.
verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- separate the tangles of
- (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”).
- (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
- (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain.
- (transitive, programming) To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- (transitive, finance) To undo something.
noun
verb
- To defuse or relax.
- To untie.
- (transitive) To remove the string or strings from.
- (transitive, computing, programming, COBOL) To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.
- To remove from a string; to release something that has been strung up or strung together.
- (transitive) To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.
- remove the strings from
verb
- be relaxed
- release, as from one's grip
- (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go.
- To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
- (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
noun
- a relaxed comfortable feeling
- a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- oppressively still air
- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- (uncountable) Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
- (uncountable) Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.
- (uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
verb
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To relax.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
- (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
- decrease the pressure of
- restore to its uncompressed form
adj
noun
verb
- (slang, US) To relax.
- (informal, intransitive) To reach the limit of one's capabilities.
- (informal, transitive) To use (something) to the limit of its capabilities.
- (informal, intransitive) To reach a maximum or a point at which no more growth or improvement is possible.
- (US, prison slang) To serve an entire sentence with no early parole, time off for good behavior, etc.
- reach a maximum
verb
- engage in passive relaxation
- grow like a plant
- establish vegetation on
- lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- produce vegetation
- propagate asexually
- grow or spread abnormally
- (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
- (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
- (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
adj
- Relaxed.
- Not fitting closely.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
- (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
- Indiscreet.
- Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
- Not held or packaged together.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
- Not under control.
- Not compact.
- (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- not tense or taut
- emptying easily or excessively
- not officially recognized or controlled
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- not affixed
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not carefully arranged in a package
- not literal
intj
noun
verb
- (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
- Misspelling of lose.
- (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
- (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
- (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- turn loose or free from restraint
- make loose or looser
adv
verb
- (ambitransitive) To relax or become relaxed; to unwind.
- (slang, of a film) To play; to be screened.
- (ambitransitive) To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart.
- (ambitransitive) To flow forth, unfold, or play out.
- To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
- (aviation) To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight.
verb
- To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like
- To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight.
- To cease to be bent; to become straight.
- To cast loose or untie
- (nautical) To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use.
- unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
- straighten up or out; make straight
- make less taut
- release from mental strain, tension, or formality
- free from flexure
verb
adj
noun
- Something that offers comfort.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- Contentment, ease.
- satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
- a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
- the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal
- a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
verb
verb
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- cause to proceed more slowly
- become slow or slower
- reduce the speed of
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- (intransitive) To decelerate.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, enthusiastic, etc., usually with a positive connotation, implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness.
- (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
verb
noun
noun
- (figuratively) Something soothing.
- The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
- Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
- An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
- Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
verb
verb
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
adj
- (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
- Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.
- Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.
- Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, calm, relaxed.
- (of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
- (of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm.
- (of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
- (also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
- (chiefly US, slang) Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.
- (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
- softened through age or experience
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- unhurried and relaxed
- having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
verb
- (originally US, informal, followed by out, of a person) To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.
- To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.
- (of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
- (also reflexive, originally US, informal) Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- (archaic except British, regional, of soil) To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
- To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.
- To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- (archaic except British, regional) To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
- To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.
- make or grow (more) mellow
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- soften, make mellow
adv
noun
- a relaxed comfortable feeling
- a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- oppressively still air
- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- (uncountable) Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
- (uncountable) Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.
- (uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
verb
noun
- Something that offers comfort.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- Contentment, ease.
- satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
- a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
- the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal
- a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
verb
adj
noun
noun
- (figuratively) Something soothing.
- The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
- Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
- An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
- Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
verb
noun
adj
- (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
- Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.
- Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.
- Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, calm, relaxed.
- (of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
- (of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm.
- (of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
- (also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
- (chiefly US, slang) Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.
- (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
- softened through age or experience
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- unhurried and relaxed
- having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
verb
- (originally US, informal, followed by out, of a person) To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.
- To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.
- (of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
- (also reflexive, originally US, informal) Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
- (archaic except British, regional, of soil) To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
- To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.
- To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
- (archaic except British, regional) To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
- To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.
- make or grow (more) mellow
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- soften, make mellow
adv
verb
noun
verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- cause to become unblocked
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- (intransitive) To become loose; to loosen; to relax (a muscle, etc.).
- (colloquial) To relax; to act less seriously.
verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
verb
- cause to feel relaxed
- (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- separate the tangles of
- (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”).
- (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
- (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain.
- (transitive, programming) To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- (transitive, finance) To undo something.
noun
verb
- To defuse or relax.
- To untie.
- (transitive) To remove the string or strings from.
- (transitive, computing, programming, COBOL) To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.
- To remove from a string; to release something that has been strung up or strung together.
- (transitive) To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.
- remove the strings from
verb
- be relaxed
- release, as from one's grip
- (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go.
- To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
- (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To relax.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
- (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
- decrease the pressure of
- restore to its uncompressed form
verb
- (slang, US) To relax.
- (informal, intransitive) To reach the limit of one's capabilities.
- (informal, transitive) To use (something) to the limit of its capabilities.
- (informal, intransitive) To reach a maximum or a point at which no more growth or improvement is possible.
- (US, prison slang) To serve an entire sentence with no early parole, time off for good behavior, etc.
- reach a maximum
verb
- engage in passive relaxation
- grow like a plant
- establish vegetation on
- lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
- produce vegetation
- propagate asexually
- grow or spread abnormally
- (informal) To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
- (of a plant) To grow or sprout.
- (of a wart etc) To spread abnormally.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To relax or become relaxed; to unwind.
- (slang, of a film) To play; to be screened.
- (ambitransitive) To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart.
- (ambitransitive) To flow forth, unfold, or play out.
- To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
- (aviation) To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight.
verb
- To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like
- To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight.
- To cease to be bent; to become straight.
- To cast loose or untie
- (nautical) To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use.
- unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
- straighten up or out; make straight
- make less taut
- release from mental strain, tension, or formality
- free from flexure
verb
adj
verb
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- cause to proceed more slowly
- become slow or slower
- reduce the speed of
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- (intransitive) To decelerate.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, enthusiastic, etc., usually with a positive connotation, implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness.
- (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Relaxed.
- Not fitting closely.
- Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
- (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
- Indiscreet.
- Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
- Not held or packaged together.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
- Not under control.
- Not compact.
- (US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- not tense or taut
- emptying easily or excessively
- not officially recognized or controlled
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- not affixed
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not carefully arranged in a package
- not literal
intj
noun
verb
- (archery) To shoot (an arrow).
- Misspelling of lose.
- (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
- (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
- (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
- (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- turn loose or free from restraint
- make loose or looser