verb
1. cause to become unblocked (Freq. 1)
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The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!
• Syn: ↑unstuff
• Hyponyms: ↑unblock
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
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our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
• Syn: ↑relax
• Derivationally related forms: ↑relaxation (for: ↑relax)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
3. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
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He relaxed in the hot tub
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Let's all relax after a hard day's work
• Syn: ↑relax, ↑unbend, ↑unwind, ↑decompress, ↑slow down
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Hyponyms: ↑vege out, ↑vegetate, ↑sit back, ↑take it easy
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody's (body part) ——s
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Sam and Sue loosen up
4. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
5. cause to feel relaxed
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A hot bath always relaxes me
• Syn: ↑relax, ↑unstrain, ↑unlax, ↑unwind, ↑make relaxed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑relaxant (for: ↑relax), ↑relaxation (for: ↑relax), ↑relaxer (for: ↑relax)
• Hypernyms: ↑affect
• Hyponyms: ↑unbend
• Cause: ↑relax, ↑unbend, ↑unwind, ↑decompress, ↑slow down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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The performance is likely to loosen up Sue
Useful english dictionary. 2012.