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ease

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noun

freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
to enjoy one's ease.
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freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind:
to be at ease about one's health.
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freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility:
It can be done with ease.
freedom from financial need; plenty:
a life of ease on a moderate income.
freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness:
ease of manner;
the ease and elegance of her poetry.
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verb (used with object)

eased, easing.

to free from anxiety or care:
to ease one's mind.
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to mitigate, lighten, or lessen:
to ease pain.
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to release from pressure, tension, or the like.
to move or shift with great care:
to ease a car into a narrow parking space.
to render less difficult; facilitate:
I'll help if it will ease your job.
to provide (an architectural member) with an easement.
Shipbuilding. to trim (a timber of a wooden hull) so as to fair its surface into the desired form of the hull.
Nautical.
1. to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.
2. to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.
3. to slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope).
4. to lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).

verb (used without object)

eased, easing.

to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often followed by off or up ).
to become less painful, burdensome, etc.
to move, shift, or be moved or be shifted with great care.

verb phrase

to remove from a position of authority, a job, or the like, especially by methods intended to be tactful:
He was eased out as division head to make way for the boss's nephew.

ease

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noun

freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
lack of difficulty, labour, or awkwardness; facility
rest, leisure, or relaxation
freedom from poverty or financial embarrassment; affluence
a life of ease
lack of restraint, embarrassment, or stiffness
his ease of manner disarmed us
at ease
military
1. (of a standing soldier, etc) in a relaxed position with the feet apart and hands linked behind the back
2. a command to adopt such a position
3. in a relaxed attitude or frame of mind

verb

to make or become less burdensome
tr to relieve (a person) of worry or care; comfort
tr to make comfortable or give rest to
tr to make less difficult; facilitate
to move or cause to move into, out of, etc, with careful manipulation
to ease a car into a narrow space
whenintr, often foll by off or up to lessen or cause to lessen in severity, pressure, tension, or strain; slacken, loosen, or abate
ease oneself or ease nature archaic.
to urinate or defecate
ease the helm
nautical to relieve the pressure on the rudder of a vessel, esp by bringing the bow into the wind

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Derived Forms

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ease¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English noun ese, eise, from Anglo-French, Old French “comfort, convenience,” from Vulgar Latin adjaces (unrecorded) “vicinity,” the regular outcome of literary Latin ��Ჹ��ŧ�Բ� adjacent; verb ultimately derivative of the noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ease¹

C13: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin ��Ჹ��ŧ�Բ� neighbouring (area); see adjacent

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

at ease, Military. a position of rest in which soldiers may relax but may not leave their places or talk.

More idioms and phrases containing ease

at ease
ill at ease
easily
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Synonym Study

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.

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The UK has lifted asset freezes on Syrian government bodies including the defence and interior ministries, in the latest easing of sanctions on the country.

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With the medical exceptions better defined, lawmakers hope to ease physicians' hesitations in performing life-saving abortions and better protect the lives of pregnant people.

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"Learner drivers have been dealing with frustratingly long waiting times to book a driving test since the easing of pandemic related restrictions several years ago," she said.

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Daldry and his crack production team move from one scenario to the other with breathtaking ease.

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The terminations at the agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, have fueled concern among unions and employers alike about who will step in to help ease labor conflicts in Southern California and beyond.

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