Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. synonym: negligent.
- adjective Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. synonym: loose.
- adjective Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
- adjective Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To relax.
- noun A salmon.
- Slack; loose; soft; not firm in texture, consistency, or tension; readily yielding to touch or pressure: as, lax flesh or fiber; a lax cord.
- Loose; free; being at ease.
- Relaxed; not retentive: as, lax bowels.
- Loose as regards force or energy; wanting vigor; weak; remiss; lacking in strictness: as, lax discipline; he is lax in his duty.
- Loose in construction or application; not rigidly exact or precise; vague; equivocal.
- In botany, loose or open; not compact: said of some panicles.
- noun A loosing; relief.
- noun A looseness; diarrhea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A looseness; diarrhea.
- adjective Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack
- adjective Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
- adjective Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland A
salmon . - adjective
lenient and allowing fordeviation ; notstrict . - adjective
loose ; nottight ortaut . - adjective
lacking care ;neglectful ,negligent - noun
lacrosse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
- adjective lacking in rigor or strictness
- adjective emptying easily or excessively
- adjective lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Speaking to security officials, Medvedev said airport officials and police responsible for what he called lax security at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport would be punished.
World Watch 2011
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Five years later, the FSA ordered Citibank Japan to suspend sales activities at the bank's retail business, including advertising, for a month for what it called lax policies to protect against money laundering.
Citigroup Under Scrutiny in Japan Atsuko Fukase 2011
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Speaking to security officials, Mr. Medvedev said airport officials and police responsible for what he called lax security at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport would be punished.
Russia Vows Crackdown on Terror Richard Boudreaux 2011
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ZURICH—Swiss regulator Finma may discipline four banks for having what it called lax controls on accepting money from foreign public officials associated with deposed Middle Eastern and North African leaders, but generally found that the country's lenders complied with anti-money-laundering rules.
Swiss Banks Face Sanctions Deborah Ball 2011
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The union has been at odds with Morton over what it calls lax enforcement and gave him a no-confidence vote in June.
Unusual methods helped ICE break deportation record, e-mails and interviews show Andrew Becker 2010
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The union has been at odds with Morton over what it calls lax enforcement and gave him a no-confidence vote in June.
Unusual methods helped ICE break deportation record, e-mails and interviews show Andrew Becker 2010
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Mr. Webb blasted the exchange for what he characterized as lax enforcement of its listing rules, which, he wrote, were too heavily influenced by special interests.
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Many came out and criticize what they described as lax security measures for this rally, but the government pointed out that this incident happened outside the rally, in a perimeter set up by police, Richard.
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ZAHN: Bill, earlier this morning, you pointed out a blistering piece in "The Boston Globe," focusing in on some of what they describe as lax security at the airport.
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Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations last February criticized Bank of America and HSBC for what it called lax policing on a few African accounts, including some from Angola and
NYT > Home Page By NEIL MacFARQUHAR 2011
lampbane commented on the word lax
Airport code for Los Angeles International Airport. The original code was just "LA," but when airport codes were universally expanded in the 1930's to three letters, the "X" was added to fill out the code. It doesn't mean anything.
October 21, 2008
bilby commented on the word lax
Doesn't it mark the spot where the buried treasure is?
October 22, 2008
lampbane commented on the word lax
Or the spot where the runaway bus hits.
October 23, 2008