Lax Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
laxest, laxer
adjective
laxest, laxer
Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness.
American Heritage
Loose; emptying easily.
Webster’s New World
Having lax bowels.
Webster’s New World
Slack; of a loose texture; not rigid or tight.
Webster’s New World
Not strict or exact; careless.
Lax morals.
Webster’s New World
Synonyms:
- Synonyms:
- negligent
- slack
- loose
- weak
- vague
- unconfined
- tardy
- sloppy
- permissive
- open
- unprincipled
- unobservant
- unmindful
- relaxed
- oblivious
Antonyms:
- Antonyms:
- tense
- strict
- hard
- tight
- rigid
- stern
- careful
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abbreviation
Lacrosse.
American Heritage
IATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.
Wiktionary
A lax vowel.
Webster’s New World
symbol
Los Angeles International Airport.
Webster’s New World
Other Word Forms of Lax
Adjective
Base Form:
lax
Comparative:
laxer
Superlative:
laxest
Origin of Lax
Middle English from Latin laxus loose, lax slēg- in Indo-European roots
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Lax Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
lax
/ˈlæks/
adjective
lax
/ˈlæks/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of LAX
[more lax; most lax]
disapproving
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not careful enough
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not strict enough
lax regulations/policies
Security has been lax.
The university has been lax about/in enforcing these rules.
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/ˈlæksəti/
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— laxly
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laws laxly enforced
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laks – Wiktionary
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laks
Noun.
Root: – .
Pronunciation[edit]
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Meaning[edit]
- zool.
salmon (salmo) ◆ No example of use (see recommendations).
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Derived from Proto-Indo-Heb. *lak’ “sprinkle, sprinkle, stain”. Hence the Russian salmon, Ukrainian salmon, white salmon, Czech, Slovak Losos, Polish. łosoś, hereinafter – lit. lašišà, lašaša, lãšis – the same, Latvian. lasis, other Prussian. lasasso, OE-German lahs, OE lah “salmon”, Tokharsk. laks “fish”. Southern does not have this word. Slavs, because salmon is not found in the rivers flowing into the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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Morphological and syntactic properties[edit]
laks
Noun.
Root: – .
Pronunciation[edit]
Semantic properties[edit]
Meaning[edit]
- zool. salmon (salmo) ◆ No example of use (see recommendations).
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Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Indo-Heb. *lak’ “sprinkle, sprinkle, stain”. Hence the Russian salmon, Ukrainian salmon, white salmon, Czech, Slovak Losos, Polish. łosoś, hereinafter – lit. lašišà, lašaša, lãšis – the same, Latvian. lasis, other Prussian. lasasso, OE-German lahs, OE lah “salmon”, Tokharsk. laks “fish”. Southern does not have this word. Slavs, because salmon is not found in the rivers flowing into the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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Lax – what is it?? – Cooking and Kitchen
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LNV guest 12.03.11 21:58
12.03.11 21:58
Maybe there was such a topic and sorry for the stupidity, but
what is LAKS?
is a fish from the salmon family?? rummaged everywhere and on Wikipedia . . and did not meet such a name in the salmon family!
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korolevischna familiar face 03/12/11 22:05
NEW 12.03.11 22:05
in reply LNV 12.03.11 21:58
yes it is salmon
chum salmon
#2
LNV guest 12.03.11 22:05
NEW 03/12/11 22:05
in reply to LNV 03/12/11 21:58
and how does this Lax taste like??? salmon or trout? or completely different from it?
#3
LNV guest 12.03.11 22:08
NEW 12.03.11 22:08
in reply to korolevischna 12.03.11 22:05
in many stores I see only lax, but salmon or trout ?? happen? or not fashionable?
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Mal27 familiar face 03/12/11 10:18 PM
NEW 12.03.11 22:18
in reply to LNV 12.03.11 22:08
To be honest, I personally have a suspicion that all red fish, and salmon and chum salmon and trout, are called lax here ….
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sweiger Uncle Ball 12. 03.11 22:19
NEW 12.03.11 22:19
in reply to LNV 12.03.11 21:58
What stores are mostly filled with – Alaska-Seelachs, he is also a fish of the cod family, he is pollock. Well, just Lachs is something from salmon. Trout, whitefish, etc.
Your son Uncle Sharik.
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konsc regular 12.03.11 22:21
NEW 12.03.11 22:21
in reply to sweiger 12.03.11 22:19
and sho, can trout also be red?
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sweiger Uncle Sharik 12.03.11 22:24
NEW 03/12/11 22:24
in reply to konsc 03/12/11 22:21
Trout – it can be different … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1 %80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C
Your son Uncle Sharik.
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korolevischna familiar face 03/12/11 22:24
NEW 12.03.11 22:24
in reply LNV 12.03.11 22:05
its meat is much denser than that of trout and salmon, and not as fatty as that of salmon, red.
I like chum much more
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korolevischna familiar face 12. 03.11 22:26
NEW 12.03.11 22:26
in reply to LNV 12.03.11 22:08
In reply to:
and salmon or trout?? happen? or not fashionable?
of course there is, it is called differently, not lax
large sea trout
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korolevischna familiar face 12.03.11 22:28
NEW 12.03.11 22:28
in reply konsc 12.03.11 22:21
In reply to:
is there a red trout too?
river trout white, red from the sea, pink rather
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konsc regular 12.03.11 22:31
NEW 03/12/11 22:31
in reply to korolevischna 03/12/11 22:28
then I know the current river, everything else Lachs
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De Puta Madre passerby 12.03.11 22:45
NEW 12.03.11 22:45
in reply konsc 12.03.11 22:31
I’m embarrassed to ask, what kind of water is Schweinelachs in?
we are the best, so screw the rest!
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korolevischna familiar face 12.