Cool down after the walkOnce you get back home, you can flop down and relax or try to squeeze a little more productivity out of your pooch.
The right way to walk your dog|John Kennedy|August 26, 2020|Popular Science
So when as an adult he quickly stretched a piece of natural rubber and felt its sudden warmth on his lip — and its subsequent coolness as it relaxed — he gained what he considered the most direct and convincing proof of a curious phenomenon.
The Shape-Shifting Squeeze Coolers|Marcus Woo|August 24, 2020|Quanta Magazine
With no need to worry about our backgrounds, whether our faces were frozen into alertness, or whether we were providing each other with the illusion of eye contact, my students and I could relax, focusing our full attention on one another.
That chatbot I’ve loved to hate|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Despite some progress, especially in testing, most of the country’s local health departments still don’t have the workforce or the infrastructure needed to safely relax social distancing.
The U.S. largely wasted time bought by COVID-19 lockdowns. Now what?|Jonathan Lambert|July 1, 2020|Science News
They can face bias when they try to play, relax and develop their interests in the outdoors.
#BlackBirdersWeek seeks to open the outdoors for everyone|Jonathan Lambert|June 4, 2020|Science News For Students
The rest of the time he generally has staycations, relaxing at home.
Will There Soon Be Three Living Popes?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also includes unique coping methods, such as voice-recorded mindfulness and relaxation exercises, or relaxing music.
10 Best Apps to Train Your Brain|DailyBurn|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Something in her wiring has taught her that relaxing her defenses is dangerous.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of medicine, doctors prefer to treat their patients with a comforting chat in relaxing atmosphere.
Kiev’s Protestors Put on Uniforms|Anna Nemtsova|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was reportedly chatting with the oligarch about relaxing E.U. aluminum tariffs.
Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy|Michael Weiss|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In spite of his bantering tone the young inventor was pleased that his father was relaxing in a friendly game.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope|Victor Appleton
Alfred's fixed stare was relaxing and at last Jimmy could breathe.
Baby Mine|Margaret Mayo
The Delsarte relaxing exercises precede and prepare the way for-381- all others.
Social Life|Maud C. Cooke
Despair gave her strength; she clutched at the door; but she felt her strength failing her—her grasp was relaxing.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
But if he is correct in his surmise, I am much beholden to the relaxing influences of the night.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne|William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for relax
relax
/ (rɪˈlæks) /
verb
to make (muscles, a grip, etc) less tense or rigid or (of muscles, a grip, etc) to become looser or less rigid
(intr)to take rest or recreation, as from work or efforton Sundays, she just relaxes; she relaxes by playing golf
to lessen the force of (effort, concentration, etc) or (of effort) to become diminished
to make (rules or discipline) less rigid or strict or (of rules, etc) to diminish in severity