Definition of lax Lax
/læˈks/ - [laks] - lax
We found 16 definitions of lax from 6 different sources.
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What does lax mean?
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Adjectivelax, laxxer, laxxest |
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| lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" | ||
| tense taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings" | ||
| loose not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" | ||
| droopy, sagging, drooping hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | ||
| limp not firm; "wilted lettuce" | ||
| floppy hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears" | ||
| slack, loose flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water" | ||
| loose-jointed loosely articulated or constructed; "a loose-jointed paragraph" | ||
| lax - lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" | ||
| slack | ||
| negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" | ||
| lax - emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" | ||
| loose | ||
| unconstipated, regular not constipated | ||
| lax - pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') | ||
| phonetics the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lax (v. t.)
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. - lax (v. t.)
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. - lax (v. t.)
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. - lax (n.)
A looseness; diarrhea.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lax
laks, adj. slack: loose: soft, flabby: not strict in discipline or morals: loose in the bowels.—adj. Lax′ative, having the power of loosening the bowels.—n. a purgative or aperient medicine.—ns. Lax′ativeness, Lax′ity, Lax′ness, state or quality of being lax; Laxā′tor, a muscle that relaxes an organ or part; Lax′ist, one holding loose notions of moral laws, or of their application.—adv. Lax′ly. [L. laxus, loose.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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lax
A term for salmon when ascending a river, on the north coast of Scotland.
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