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3 dictionary results for: easing
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ease       [eez] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, eased, eas·ing.
–noun
1.freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
2.freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health.
3.freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease.
4.freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income.
5.freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry.
–verb (used with object)
6.to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind.
7.to mitigate, lighten, or lessen: to ease pain.
8.to release from pressure, tension, or the like.
9.to move or shift with great care: to ease a car into a narrow parking space.
10.to render less difficult; facilitate: I'll help if it will ease your job.
11.to provide (an architectural member) with an easement.
12.Shipbuilding. to trim (a timber of a wooden hull) so as to fair its surface into the desired form of the hull.
13.Nautical.
a.to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.
b.to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.
c.to slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope).
d.to lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).
–verb (used without object)
14.to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often fol. by off or up).
15.to become less painful, burdensome, etc.
16.to move, shift, or be moved or be shifted with great care.
—Verb phrase
17.ease out, to remove from a position of authority, a job, or the like, esp. by methods intended to be tactful: He was eased out as division head to make way for the boss's nephew.
—Idiom
18.at ease. Military. a position of rest in which soldiers may relax but may not leave their places or talk.
[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME ese, eise < AF ese, OF aise, eise comfort, convenience < VL *adjace(m), acc. of *adjacés vicinity (cf. ML in aiace in (the) vicinity), the regular outcome of L adjacéns adjacent, taken in VL as a n. of the type nūbés, acc. nūbem cloud; (v.) ME esen < AF e(i)ser, OF aisier, deriv. of the n.]

—Synonyms 1. repose, contentment, effortlessness. Ease, comfort refer to a sense of relaxation or of well-being. Ease implies a relaxed condition with an absence of effort or pressure: a life of ease. Comfort suggests a sense of well-being, along with ease, which produces a quiet happiness and contentment: comfort in one's old age. 2. tranquillity, serenity, calmness, peace. 5. naturalness, informality. 6. comfort, relieve, disburden; tranquilize, soothe. 7. alleviate, assuage, allay, abate, reduce.
—Antonyms 1. discomfort, effort. 2. disturbance. 5. stiffness, formality, tenseness.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ease       (ēz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The condition of being comfortable or relieved.
    1. Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation: Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.
    2. Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.
    3. Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent ease.
    4. Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility: a pianist who played the sonata with ease.
    1. Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent ease.
    2. Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility: a pianist who played the sonata with ease.
  4. Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence: a life of luxury and ease.
  5. A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure: He took his ease by the pond.

v.   eased, eas·ing, eas·es

v.   tr.
  1. To free from pain, worry, or agitation: eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.
    1. To lessen the discomfort or pain of: shifted position to ease her back.
    2. To alleviate; assuage: prescribed a drug to ease the pain.
  3. To give respite from: eased the staff's burden by hiring more people.
  4. To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen: ease off a cable.
  5. To reduce the difficulty or trouble of: eased the entrance requirements.
  6. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully: eased the car into a narrow space; eased the director out of office.

v.   intr.
  1. To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress: pain that never eased.
  2. To move or proceed with little effort: eased through life doing as little as possible.


[Middle English ese, from Old French aise, elbowroom, physical comfort, from Vulgar Latin *asium.]

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
easing

noun
1. a change for the better 
2. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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