Usually means: Knead or massage to soften.
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  1. malax: Merriam-Webster
  2. malax: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. Malax, malax: Wiktionary
  5. Malax: Dictionary.com
  6. Malax: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Malax: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Malax: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. malax: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Malax: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. malax-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Malax)

▸ verb:  To malaxate.
▸ noun:  A municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Similar:
manducate, macerate, bemaul, laxen, emacerate, bemangle, amolish, unlax, punish, lambaste, more...

Opposite:
firm, solid, tense, rigid, stiff

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Similar:
manducate, macerate, bemaul, laxen, emacerate, bemangle, amolish, unlax, punish, lambaste, more...

Opposite:
firm, solid, tense, rigid, stiff



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