Lax

[læks]

Definition

(adj.) emptying easily or excessively; 'loose bowels' .

(adj.) lacking in rigor or strictness; 'such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable'; 'lax in attending classes'; 'slack in maintaining discipline' .

(adj.) lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; 'a lax rope'; 'a limp handshake' .

(adj.) pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') .

Checked by Dale--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

(v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

(v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

(n.) A looseness; diarrhea.

Typist: Naomi

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense.[2]. Soft, flabby, not firm, not solid.[3]. Remiss, latitudinarian, not strict.[4]. Licentious, dissolute.

Editor: Pierre

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Loose, vague, incoherent, dissolute, licentious, unprincipled, remiss, flabby,slack

ANT:Concise, coherent, compact, strict, rigid, severe, principled, conscientious,attentive

Editor: Nettie

Definition

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.

Typist: Mabel