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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  LAX
       
          LAnguage eXample.
       
          A toy language used to illustrate compiler design.
       
          ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984].
       
          (1994-12-07)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lax \Lax\, n.
     A looseness; diarrhea.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lax \Lax\ (l[a^]ks), a. [Compar. Laxer (l[a^]ks"[~e]r);
     superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish,
     Lease, v. t., Leash.]
     1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax
        bandage; lax fiber.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy.
                                                    --Ray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague;
        equivocal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The discipline was lax.               --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in
              matters of the passions.              --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax
              signification.                        --Jortin.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;
          dissolute; licentious.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lax \Lax\, n.
     A looseness; diarrhea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. Laxer; superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf.
     Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]
     1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax
        bandage; lax fiber.
  
              The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy.
                                                    --Ray.
  
     2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague;
        equivocal.
  
              The discipline was lax.               --Macaulay.
  
              Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in
              matters of the passions.              --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
  
              The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax
              signification.                        --Jortin.
  
     3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  
     Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;
          dissolute; licentious.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  lax
       adj 1: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways
              are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes";
              "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: slack]
       2: pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel
          sound in `bet') [ant: tense]
       3: not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope"
          [ant: tense]
       4: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid
          muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp
          handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire
          to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" [syn: flaccid, limp,
           slack]
       5: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their
          children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak";
          "too soft on the children" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]
       6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: loose]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     Αγγλικά a.
     απρόσεκτος, επιπόλαιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     Dacian n.
     The edible wild purslane plant.
     German a.
     1 #English
     2 (lb de morale or ethics) easy, loose
     Latin n.
     deception, fraud
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly UK dialectal Scotland) A salmon.
     a.
     lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
     n.
     (lbl en slang) lacrosse.
     Romanian a.
     (l en lax)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Lax
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  LAX
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA Los Angeles International Airport  Los Angeles  California
  United States)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly UK dialectal Scotland) A salmon.
     a.
     lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
     n.
     (lbl en slang) lacrosse.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Lax
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  LAX
     n.
     (w: Los Angeles International Airport)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     German a.
     1 #English
     2 (lb de morale or ethics) easy, loose
     Icelandic n.
     salmon
     Middle English n.
     salmon
     Old Norse n.
     (lb non fish) salmon
     Swedish n.
     1 c salmon
     2 c (lb sv slang) A banknote with the nominal value 1000 SEK ''or''
  the corresponding amount of money.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Lax
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  LAX
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA Los Angeles International Airport  Los Angeles  California
  United States)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     German a.
     1 #English
     2 (lb de morale or ethics) easy, loose
     Icelandic n.
     salmon
     Middle English n.
     salmon
     Old Norse n.
     (lb non fish) salmon

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Lax
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  LAX
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA Los Angeles International Airport  Los Angeles  California
  United States)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     Islanti n.
     lohi
     Ruotsi a.
     löyhä
     Ruotsi n.
     lohi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     Engelska a.
     1 slapp
     2 lös
     Fornsvenska n.
     (tagg kat=fiskar språk=gmq-fsv) #Svenska
     Tyska a.
     slapp

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  lax
     a.
     slapp, lös
     n.
     1 (tagg: kat=fiskar) ''Salmo salar''; större, avlång, vandrande fisk
  med skärt, mört och fett kött ; kött eller produkt av samma fisk,
  ''laxfilé, laxpudding, grillad lax, rökt lax''; även om liknande fiskar
  av andra arter, särskilt i sammansättningar ''laxöring, regnbågslax''
     2 (tagg: slang) tusen kronor eller huvudvalör av annan valuta

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:deu-bul ]

  lax /laks/ 
  неточен
  nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  lax /lˈɑːks/ 
  slack , lax 
     Synonyms: lasch, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharig
  
   see: schlappe Leistung, müde Vorstellung
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  lax /lˈɑːks/ 
  slackly , laxly 
     Synonyms: lasch, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharig
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  lax /laks/ 
  lâche
  nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  lax /laks/ 
  slapp, lax
  nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)

From German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:deu-tur ]

  lax /lˈɑːks/
  gevşek

From German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:deu-tur ]

  lax /lˈɑːks/
  ihmalkâr

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Lax /lˈaks/
  لاكس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  lax //læks// 
  1. небрежен
  lacking care
  2. отпуснат, хлабав
  loose; not tight or taut
  3. неточен
  not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  laxní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  ležérní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  nedbalý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  lasch, lax, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharig  [Bayr.]  [pej.]
     Synonym: slack
  
   see: slack performance
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  
  χαλαρός, ελαστικός, λάσκος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  lax //læks// 
  1. holtiton, huolimaton, leväperäinen, piittaamaton
  lacking care
  2. löysä
  loose; not tight or taut
  3. höllä, löysä, väljä
  not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  1. ढीला
        "The police is not supposed to be lax with the criminals. "
  2. लापरवाह
        "He is often lax about his dress."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  aljkav, labav, mlitav, slab

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  1. laza
  2. petyhüdt
  3. hanyag
  4. laza erkölcsû
  5. ernyedt
  6. feslett
  7. fegyelmezetlen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  lax /læks/ 
    luźny, nieścisły

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  lax //læks// 
  1. lös
  loose; not tight or taut
  2. slapp
  not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  1. gevşek, sıkı olmayan
  2. ihmalci, kayıtsız: kesinlikten uzak
  3. zayıf: kaygısız
  4. hafif ishale tutulmuş: seyrek dokunmuş
  5. (bot.) seyrek yapraklı veya çiçekli. laxity, laxness  gevşeklik. laxly  gevşek bir şekilde.

From íslenska - English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:isl-eng ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  salmon

From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-bul ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  сьомга
  fisk

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  lasch, lax, nachlässig
  slapp, lös

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  Lachs
  fisk

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  σολομός
  fisk

From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:swe-eng ]

  lax /lˈaks/
  salmon

From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fin ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  merilohi, lohi
  fisk

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  saumon
  fisk

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  salmone
  fisk

From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-jpn ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  鮭, サーモン
  fisk

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  1. esox
  fisk
  2. grandis
  tusen kronor

From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nld ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  zalm
  fisk

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  laks
  fisk

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  łosoś
  fisk

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  salmão
  fisk

From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-rus ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  лосось
  fisk

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  salmón
  fisk

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  lax /lˈaks/ 
  somon, som balığı
  fisk

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ˈlɑːks/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫæks/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/lakːs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  316 Moby Thesaurus words for "lax":
     Micawberish, Paphian, abandoned, accented, accepting, admissive,
     aleatoric, aleatory, allowing, alveolar, amorphous, apical,
     apico-alveolar, apico-dental, approximate, approximative,
     articulated, assimilated, back, backward, bagging, baggy, barytone,
     behindhand, bilabial, blobby, blurred, blurry, bone-lazy, broad,
     broad-minded, cacuminal, cadging, careless, central, cerebral,
     chambering, chance, chancy, chaotic, checked, clement, close,
     compassionate, confused, consenting, consonant, consonantal,
     continuant, culpably negligent, dallying, dangling, delaying,
     delinquent, dental, derelict, dilatory, dillydallying, disordered,
     disregardful, dissimilated, do-nothing, doless, dorsal, dronish,
     drony, drooping, ease, ease off, easy, easygoing, ergophobic,
     faineant, flabby, flaccid, flapping, flat, flimsy, floppy, foggy,
     foot-dragging, forbearant, forbearing, forgetful, forgiving,
     freethinking, front, fuzzy, general, gentle, glide, glossal,
     glottal, go-go, good-for-nothing, guttural, hanging, hard, hazy,
     heavy, high, hit-or-miss, humane, ill-defined, immoderate,
     impotent, imprecise, inaccurate, inadvertent, inattentive,
     inchoate, incoherent, incontinent, incorrect, indecisive,
     indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate,
     indifferent, indistinct, indolent, indulgent, inexact, intemperate,
     intonated, irrepressible, labial, labiodental, labiovelar,
     lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, laissez-faire, lateral,
     latitudinarian, lazy, lenient, liberal, libertarian, libertine,
     licentious, light, limp, lingering, lingual, liquid, loitering,
     loose, loose-moraled, loosen, low, merciful, mid, mild, moderate,
     monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, neglectful,
     neglecting, negligent, nonaggressive, noninterfering,
     nonprohibitive, nonrestrictive, nonspecific, oblivious, obscure,
     occlusive, of easy virtue, of loose morals, off-guard, open,
     open-minded, orderless, out of control, out of hand, out of line,
     out of plumb, out of square, out of true, overindulgent,
     overly permissive, overpermissive, oxytone, palatal, palatalized,
     parasitic, patient, permissive, permitting, pharyngeal,
     pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched,
     posttonic, procrastinating, procrastinative, procrastinatory,
     promiscuous, rampant, random, regardless, reinless, relax, relaxed,
     remiss, retroflex, rickety, riotous, rounded, rubbery, scamping,
     scrounging, semivowel, shadowed forth, shadowy, shaky, shapeless,
     shiftless, shuffling, skimping, slack, slacken, slighting,
     slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, sluggish, slurring, soft, sonant,
     sponging, stochastic, stopped, streaming, stressed, strong,
     suffering, surd, sweeping, syllabic, tender, tense, thick, throaty,
     tolerant, tolerating, tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, unbigoted,
     unbridled, unchecked, uncircumspect, unclear, uncoerced,
     uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, undefined,
     undestined, undetermined, unenterprising, unfactual, unforced,
     ungoverned, unguarded, uninhibited, unmastered, unmeasured,
     unmindful, unmuzzled, unplain, unprecise, unprohibitive, unreined,
     unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestrictive, unrigorous,
     unrounded, unruly, unspecified, unstressed, unsubdued,
     unsuppressed, untighten, unwary, unwatchful, vague, veiled, velar,
     vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, wanton,
     wayward, weak, whorish, wide, wild, work-shy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 松的,松懈的,不严的;
  n. 泻肚;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 松的,松懈的,不严格的,腹泻的,松驰的
     n. 泻肚,松元音

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