Dictionary Entry
lax
lax is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
- 2transitive verb
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
- 3transitive verb
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
- 4noun
A looseness; diarrhea.
- 5adjective
emptying easily or excessively
"loose bowels"
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- 6adjective
lacking in rigor or strictness
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"
"lax in attending classes"
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- 7adjective
lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
"a lax rope"
"a limp handshake"
- 8adjective
pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
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