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Definition of 'EASE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ease
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; relaxation or comfort:
to enjoy one's ease.

2.  ease
freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude:
to be at ease about one's health.

3.  ease
freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility:
It can be done with ease.

4.  ease
freedom from financial need; plenty:
a life of ease.

5.  ease
freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness.

6. (v.t.) ease
to free from anxiety or care:
to ease one's mind.

7.  ease
to mitigate, lighten, or lessen:
to ease pain.

8.  ease
to release from pressure or tension.

9.  ease
to move or shift with great care:
to ease a car into a narrow parking space.

10.  ease
to render less difficult; facilitate.

11.  ease
to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.

12.  ease
to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.

13. (v.i.) ease
to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often fol. by off or up).

14.  ease
to become less painful, burdensome, etc.

15.  ease
to move or shift, or be moved or shifted, with great care.

16.  ease
ease out, to prevail upon tactfully to leave a job, move from an apartment, etc.

Definition of 'EASE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
"he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"

2. (noun) ease, comfort
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
"a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

3. (noun) relief, ease
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
"he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

4. (noun) ease, informality
freedom from constraint or embarrassment
"I am never at ease with strangers"

5. (verb) rest, ease, repose, relaxation
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
"took his repose by the swimming pool"

6. (verb) ease
move gently or carefully
"He eased himself into the chair"

7. (verb) comfort, ease
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
"ease the pain in your legs"

8. (verb) facilitate, ease, alleviate
make easier
"you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

9. (verb) still, allay, relieve, ease
lessen the intensity of or calm
"The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

Definition of 'EASE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ease
≠ difficulty
a bed that can be assembled with ease

2. ease
at ease
≠ ill at ease
I still don't feel at ease with him.

3. (verb) ease
to become or make less severe
drugs to ease the pain; The negotiations have eased the crisis.; a heat wave that is finally easing

4. ease
to move somewhere slowly and carefully
I eased the car into the tiny space.

Definition of 'EASE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) EASE
satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment

2. (noun) EASE
freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body

3. (noun) EASE
freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind

4. (noun) EASE
freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address

5. (noun) EASE
to free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind

6. (noun) EASE
to render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate

7. (noun) EASE
to release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery

8. (noun) EASE
to entertain; to furnish with accommodations

Translation of 'EASE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: freedom from pain or from worry or hard work a lifetime of ease.
Afrikaans: gemak, gerus	Arabic: راحَه، هُدوء البال	Bulgarian: свобода
Brazilian: sossego	Czech: pohoda	German: die Bequemlichkeit
Danish: velvære; bekvemmelighed	Greek: άνεση	Spanish: alivio, bienestar
Estonian: muretus	Farsi: آسایش؛ فراغت	Finnish: huolettomuus
French: bien-être	Hebrew: מְנוּחָה	Hindi: दर्द या काम की परेशानियों
Croatian: udobnost, lagodnost	Hungarian: nyugalom	Indonesian: bebas
Icelandic: vellíðan, þægindi	Italian: agio	Japanese: 安楽
Korean: (육체적으로) 편함; 안락함	Lithuanian: lengvumas	Latvian: dzīve bez raizēm un rūpēm
Malay: kesenangan	Dutch: gemak	Norwegian: komfort, behagelighet, ve
Polish: spokój	Persian: آسایش؛ فراغت	Pashto: سهولت، اّسانى، هوسايى (جس
Portuguese: sossego	Romanian: tihnă; pace	Russian: облегчение; спокойствие
Slovak: pohoda	Slovenian: mir	Serbian: lagodnost
Swedish: välbefinnande, välbehag	Thai: ไร้ความเจ็บปวด; ความกังวล	Turkish: rahatlık
Taiwanese: 舒適	Ukrainian: спокій; вдоволення	Urdu: درد ، پریشانی یا مشکل سے
Vietnamese: sự dễ chịu	Chinese: 舒适
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