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laxing

laxing noun: the process whereby a tense vowel becomes lax.

Noun

laxing (uncountable)

  1. The process whereby a tense vowel becomes lax.

Origin of laxing

From lax + -ing.

Questions about laxing

What does laxing mean?
Laxing means the process whereby a tense vowel becomes lax.
What part of speech is laxing?
Laxing is a noun.

Words near laxing in the dictionary

  1. Laxfield
  2. laxfisher
  3. laxfishers
  4. laxiflorane
  5. Laximana
  6. laxing
  7. laxism
  8. laxist
  9. laxists
  10. laxities
  11. laxity

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