unbend

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verb

1. unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
• Hypernyms:
unfasten
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. free from flexure
- unbend a bow
• Ant:
bend
• Hypernyms:
straighten, straighten out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- He relaxed in the hot tub
- Let's all relax after a hard day's work
• Syn:
relax, loosen up, unwind, decompress, slow down
• Ant:
tense (for: relax)
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxant (for: relax), relaxation (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
vege out, vegetate, sit back, take it easy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody's (body part) ----s
- Sam and Sue unbend
4. straighten up or out;
make straight
• Syn:
straighten
• Ant:
bend (for: straighten)
• Hypernyms:
change posture
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
5. make less taut
- relax the tension on the rope
• Syn:
relax
• Derivationally related forms:
relaxation (for: relax), relaxer (for: relax)
• Hypernyms:
loosen, loose
• Hyponyms:
unbrace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. release from mental strain, tension, or formality
- unbend the mind from absorbing too much information
• Hypernyms:
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relax, loosen up, unwind, decompress, slow down, straighten
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  tense, tense up, flex, bend, deform, twist, turn