ALL meanings of lax
lax
L l - adjective lax careless 1
- adjective lax slack, loose 1
- noun Technical meaning of lax LAnguage eXample. A toy language used to illustrate compiler design. 1
- noun lax Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful. 1
- adjective lax not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline. 1
- adjective lax loose or slack; not tense, rigid, or firm: a lax rope; a lax handshake. 1
- adjective lax not rigidly exact or precise; vague: lax ideas. 1
- adjective lax open, loose, or not retentive, as diarrheal bowels. 1
- adjective lax (of a person) having the bowels unusually loose or open. 1
- adjective lax open or not compact; having a loosely cohering structure; porous: lax tissue; lax texture. 1
- adjective lax Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with relatively relaxed tongue muscles. Compare tense1 (def 4). 1
- adjective lax If you say that a person's behaviour or a system is lax, you mean they are not careful or strict about maintaining high standards. 0
- adjective lax lacking firmness; not strict 0
- adjective lax lacking precision or definition 0
- adjective lax not taut 0
- adjective lax (of a speech sound) pronounced with little muscular effort and consequently having relatively imprecise accuracy of articulation and little temporal duration. In English the vowel i in bit is lax 0
- adjective lax (of flower clusters) having loosely arranged parts 0
- noun lax Los Angeles International Airport 0
- adjective lax loose; emptying easily 0
- adjective lax having lax bowels 0
- adjective lax slack; of a loose texture; not rigid or tight 0
- adjective lax not strict or exact; careless 0
- adjective lax loose; open 0
- adjective lax articulated with the jaw and tongue muscles relatively relaxed 0
- noun lax a lax vowel 0
- noun lax (now chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland) A salmon. 0
- noun lax lacrosse. 0
- adjective lax lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. 0
- adjective lax loose; not tight or taut. 0
- adjective lax lacking care; neglectful, negligent. 0
- adjective lax (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. 0