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Meanings of
unbend
in English
Portuguese
pegar leve
Catalan
destesar
Spanish
relajar
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Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.
relax
unwind
decompress
loosen up
slow down
tense
Portuguese
pegar leve
Catalan
posar dret
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Straighten up or out; make straight.
straighten
bend
Catalan
posar dret
Synonyms
Examples for "
relax
"
relax
unwind
decompress
loosen up
slow down
Examples for "
relax
"
1
To be able to come back home,
relax
,
it was really nice.
2
Poland may
relax
its fiscal discipline to win election votes next year.
3
If that proved to be the case, she'd be able to
relax
.
4
And
relax
your rule about not hiring members of the same family.
5
It was a good opportunity to encourage them to
relax
about him.
1
Today marks day three of the
unwind
out of growth, Kulina said.
2
Vegetable gardening is a great way to
unwind
after a hard day.
3
It's a very special place to
unwind
after the year we've had.
4
The first time it happened, he wanted to
unwind
his watch immediately.
5
However much my body might crave rest, my mind refused to
unwind
.
1
Devlin is sent back to his hotel by his team to
'
decompress
'
.
2
Um, yes-itwas good to get a chance to just
decompress
.
3
He's still worked up, probably needs a few minutes to
decompress
.
4
He would need a month just to sort through everything himself and
decompress
.
5
Your guests may be weary from travel and need to
decompress
.
1
We'll
loosen
up
the mortar round the bars in the south room.
2
The hot water had helped her
loosen
up
and overcome her doubts.
3
He began to
loosen
up
;
the barriers weren't so solid after all.
4
The more public buildings
loosen
up
a bit, though not too much.
5
Then with my cultivator I
loosen
up
the bottom of the furrow.
1
There are signs, however, that the antispam market may
slow
down
soon.
2
However, traders expect the pace of exports to
slow
down
in July.
3
However, the outlook appears bleak with China expected to
slow
down
further.
4
Will the needs of the economic world
slow
down
climate change efforts?
5
Opinion - We in the sports media need to
slow
down
sometimes.
Usage of
unbend
in English
1
She could relax and
unbend
again; she was safe from his cyclones.
2
Even with the Welsh Preacher and his wife he refused to
unbend
.
3
In affable moments, he could even manage to forget his
career
-
and
unbend
.
4
He could not
unbend
his dignity even under the most trivial conditions.
5
Never did he
unbend
,
never did he lift the mask he wore.
6
Thou hast aided us well, but do thou now
unbend
the bow.
7
Psmith-foreven the greatest minds will sometimes
unbend
-
was
wrestling
with a Yo-Yo.
8
I found her warmth gratifying, and prepared to
unbend
more than usual.
9
I am quite determined, Mamma, not to
unbend
to him at all.
10
On returning you put the vessel into dock and
unbend
the sails?-Yes.
11
Here the mistress might
unbend
somewhat; for, as Tusser puts it:
12
The countess essayed to
unbend
sufficiently to attempt the task of soothing him.
13
We had first to unreeve all the ropes, and
unbend
all the sails.
14
When I took the steering-oar I had first to
unbend
her cramped fingers.
15
They felt they must
unbend
after the severe mental tension of the morning.
16
He promised to deliver it, and departed, wishing he could more easily
unbend
.
Other examples for "unbend"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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unbend
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
unbend to
unbend the bow
unbend somewhat
more unbend
unbend a corkscrew
More collocations
Translations for
unbend
Portuguese
pegar leve
relaxar
descontrair
Catalan
destesar
relaxar
posar dret
redreçar-se
adreçar
dreçar
Spanish
relajar
Unbend
through the time
Unbend
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common