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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, επιπόλαιοςFrom 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) salmonFrom 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. lohiFrom 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. slappFrom 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 valutaFrom Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]
lax /laks/From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]неточен nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)
lax /lˈɑːks/From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]slack , lax Synonyms: lasch, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharig see: schlappe Leistung, müde Vorstellung
lax /lˈɑːks/From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]slackly , laxly Synonyms: lasch, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharig
lax /laks/From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]lâche nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)
lax /laks/From German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:deu-tur ]slapp, lax nicht streng (in der Auslegung von Regeln)
lax /lˈɑːks/ gevşekFrom German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:deu-tur ]
lax /lˈɑːks/ ihmalkârFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Lax /lˈaks/ لاكسFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
lax //læks//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. небрежен lacking care 2. отпуснат, хлабав loose; not tight or taut 3. неточен not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation
lax /lˈaks/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]laxní
lax /lˈaks/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]ležérní
lax /lˈaks/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]nedbalý
lax /lˈaks/ lasch, lax, locker, nachlässig, halbherzig, halbscharigFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][Bayr.] [pej.] Synonym: slack see: slack performance
lax /lˈaks/ χαλαρός, ελαστικός, λάσκοςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
lax //læks//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. holtiton, huolimaton, leväperäinen, piittaamaton lacking care 2. löysä loose; not tight or taut 3. höllä, löysä, väljä not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation
lax /lˈaks/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. ढीला "The police is not supposed to be lax with the criminals. " 2. लापरवाह "He is often lax about his dress."
lax /lˈaks/ aljkav, labav, mlitav, slabFrom 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. fegyelmezetlenFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
lax /læks/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]luźny, nieścisły
lax //læks//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. lös loose; not tight or taut 2. slapp not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation
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/From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-bul ]salmon
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-deu ]сьомга fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-deu ]lasch, lax, nachlässig slapp, lös
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-ell ]Lachs fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:swe-eng ]σολομός fisk
lax /lˈaks/ salmonFrom Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-fin ]
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-fra ]merilohi, lohi fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-ita ]saumon fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-jpn ]salmone fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-lat ]鮭, サーモン fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-nld ]1. esox fisk 2. grandis tusen kronor
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-nor ]zalm fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-pol ]laks fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-por ]łosoś fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-rus ]salmão fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-spa ]лосось fisk
lax /lˈaks/From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-tur ]salmón fisk
lax /lˈaks/From IPA:de : [ IPA:de ]somon, som balığı fisk
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈlɑːks/
From IPA:sv : [ IPA:sv ]/ˈɫæks/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/lakːs/
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-shyFrom 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