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| 1. | [ verb ] move gently or carefully | |
| Examples: | "He eased himself into the chair" |
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| Related terms: | travel move_over | |
| 2. | [ verb ] lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | |
| Synonyms: | comfort | |
| Examples: | "ease the pain in your legs" |
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| Related terms: | relieve easing quilt comforter | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make easier | |
| Synonyms: | facilitate alleviate | |
| Examples: | "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" |
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| Related terms: | help easing facilitator | |
| 4. | [ noun ] freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | |
| Synonyms: | simplicity easiness | |
| Examples: | : "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease" "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" |
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| Related terms: | difficulty quality effortlessness easy | |
| 5. | [ verb ] lessen the intensity of or calm | |
| Synonyms: | relieve allay still | |
| Examples: | "The news eased my conscience" "still the fears" |
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| Related terms: | comfort abreact relief hush allayer | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | |
| Synonyms: | comfort | |
| Examples: | : "a life of luxury and ease" "he had all the material comforts of this world" |
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| Related terms: | affluence lap_of_luxury | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | |
| Synonyms: | relief | |
| Examples: | "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility" "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" |
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| Related terms: | comfort reprieve still | |
| 8. | [ noun ] freedom from constraint or embarrassment | |
| Synonyms: | informality | |
| Examples: | "I am never at ease with strangers" |
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| Related terms: | naturalness | |
| 9. | [ noun ] freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | |
| Synonyms: | rest repose relaxation | |
| Examples: | "took his repose by the swimming pool" |
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| Related terms: | inactivity leisure bedrest lie-in quiescence decompress | |
| Similar spelling: |
eas easy each |
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