What part of speech is relaxing?

Relaxing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. relaxing is a verb, gerund of relax (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does relaxing mean?

Definitions

Adjective

relaxing - affording physical or mental rest; "she spent a restful night at home"

Verb

relax - cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
relax - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
relax - make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"
relax - become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
relax - make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
relax - become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
relax - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
relax - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

Examples of relaxing

#   Sentence  
1. verb I was thinking, that while I'm sitting here, relaxing and enjoying myself, those poor innocent animals are being cooked to death with heat in those Holocaust-esque death chambers.
2. verb Now not only is my leg better, but my back is relaxing.
3. verb The women are relaxing on the piano.
4. verb After skiing, relaxing in a hot spring bath can get one fully warmed up.
5. verb Oh, I love life in the woods, declared Tom suddenly after a long silence, while he was relaxing on his blanket.
6. verb The cats are relaxing in the sun.
7. verb Tom is relaxing on his bunk.
8. verb I'm really looking forward to relaxing this weekend.
9. verb Tom is relaxing at home.
10. verb He is relaxing in his home.
11. verb Tom is relaxing alone at home.
12. verb Epinephrine can save someone's life by relaxing the muscles around the airways and preventing them from closing completely.
13. verb Tom is relaxing at home, isn't he?
14. verb Mary is relaxing at home, isn't she?
15. verb I am relaxing today.
Sentence  
verb
I was thinking, that while I'm sitting here, relaxing and enjoying myself, those poor innocent animals are being cooked to death with heat in those Holocaust-esque death chambers.
Now not only is my leg better, but my back is relaxing.
The women are relaxing on the piano.
After skiing, relaxing in a hot spring bath can get one fully warmed up.
Oh, I love life in the woods, declared Tom suddenly after a long silence, while he was relaxing on his blanket.
The cats are relaxing in the sun.
Tom is relaxing on his bunk.
I'm really looking forward to relaxing this weekend.
Tom is relaxing at home.
He is relaxing in his home.
Tom is relaxing alone at home.
Epinephrine can save someone's life by relaxing the muscles around the airways and preventing them from closing completely.
Tom is relaxing at home, isn't he?
Mary is relaxing at home, isn't she?
I am relaxing today.

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