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overrelaxed

overrelaxed is the simple past and past participle of overrelax.

Meaning of overrelax

Verb

overrelax (third-person singular simple present overrelaxes, present participle overrelaxing, simple past and past participle overrelaxed)

  1. (transitive) To relax excessively.
    • They may have diabetes, or be taking a medication that overrelaxes the muscular sphincter at the bottom of the esophagus.2003, Mark Hyman, Mark Liponis, Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life, page 70
  2. (transitive) To solve using overrelaxation.

Questions about overrelaxed

What is overrelaxed the simple past and past participle of?
Overrelaxed is the simple past and past participle of overrelax.

Words near overrelaxed in the dictionary

  1. overrelativizes
  2. overrelativizing
  3. overrelax
  4. overrelaxation
  5. overrelaxations
  6. overrelaxed
  7. overrelaxes
  8. overrelaxing
  9. overreliance
  10. overreliances
  11. overreliant

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