Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lax | No | Yes | No | No |
tense | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
lax (noun) | tense (noun) |
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a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
lax (adjective) | tense (adjective) |
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lacking in firmness or tension; not taut | taut or rigid; stretched tight |
pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') |
lacking in rigor or strictness | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
emptying easily or excessively |
lax (verb) | tense (verb) |
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cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | |
become tense, nervous, or uneasy | |
increase the tension on | |
become stretched or tense or taut |