höllentyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• relax verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
• slacken verb To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.

Senses

höllentyä is used for these senses in English:

• relax (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
• relax (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
• slacken (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.

relax — full definition

1. verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
2. verb To become or make something less tight, tense, or severe.

slacken — full definition

1. verb To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
2. verb To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
3. verb To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

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