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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
relax .
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Examples
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A pirate captain relaxes in a hammock, in this illustration from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (1921), which compiled a number of legends of piracy in the Caribbean.
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Blood flow is measured as the heart contracts and relaxes, which is where the two numbers in a blood pressure reading come from.
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The quick offense ` ` kind of relaxes everybody into the game, '' Hamilton said.
USATODAY.com 2007
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By soaking the feet in water, it "relaxes" these areas thus causing a calming effect on the nervous system.
Sharon Glassman: Why Can't Women Sleep? Part IV: Why Do We Wake Up During the Night? 2009
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Shiny Shiny reports on the Boob Enhancer which is a small device with an LCD that evidently massages and "relaxes" one's breasts by improving circulation.
Boob Enhancer 2005
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Shiny Shiny reports on the Boob Enhancer which is a small device with an LCD that evidently massages and "relaxes" one's breasts by improving circulation.
Life of Brian: 2005
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Just because folks don't know what's going on up yonder it kind of relaxes 'em.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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I can speak for everybody that when she's on the floor, she kind of relaxes us all.
SI.com 2011
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I can speak for everybody that when she's on the floor, she kind of relaxes us all.
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I can speak for everybody that when she's on the floor, she kind of relaxes us all.
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