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# relaxed

«relaxed» in Mova's school dictionary: **calm and not worried or tense** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb (past of relax: relax, relaxes, relaxed, relaxing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Relaxed means calm and not worried or tense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#m1)

2) A relaxed place or rule is easy-going and not strict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#m2)

3) Relaxed is the past of relax: to rest, become calm, or make muscles less tight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about feelings, being relaxed is the opposite of being stressed or worried; breathing slowly helps you feel relaxed. In PE, relaxed muscles help you stretch. Phrases: «feel relaxed», «relaxed atmosphere», «relaxed about».

### examples

- I feel relaxed after a warm bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x1)
- The holiday was very relaxed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x2)
- She relaxed on the sofa with a book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x3)
- Take deep breaths to feel relaxed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x4)
- Our teacher is relaxed about uniform on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x5)
- The cat lay relaxed in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x6)
- He relaxed his grip on the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x7)
- She gave another pull, but relaxed her hold, fancying that there was a rumbling sound right beneath her feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/#x8)

### note

Compare: relaxed (how you feel) vs relaxing (what makes you feel that way): «a relaxing bath makes me relaxed». Opposites: tense, stressed, worried.

### In the corpora

- [A loose, wiggly body and a soft, open mouth usually mean a relaxed, friendly dog.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/9/)
- [Informal language is relaxed and chatty; formal language is careful and polite, used for teachers, strangers and official writing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relaxed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relaxed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.