relaxes
Sayri-LAKS-iz/ɹɪˈlæksɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of relax.
The warm bath relaxes every muscle in her shoulders.
He always relaxes once the deadline finally passes.
Note
Because relax ends in x, the singular present takes -es and gains a syllable: one bath relaxes, two baths relax. The one form covers both halves of the verb. It is transitive when something loosens or eases something else (the school relaxes its dress code) and intransitive when a person or grip eases on its own (he relaxes, her hold relaxes). An older medical use, loosening the bowels, is dated.
relaxes is a form of relax
relax, verb: To rest and recover from stress or tension. Full entry
- Spelling
- relax → relaxes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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