Definitions for Ease
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.6 / 5 votes

1. ease, easiness, simplicity, simplenessnoun

   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. ease, comfortnoun

   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. relief, easenoun

   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. ease, informalitynoun

   freedom from constraint or embarrassment

   "I am never at ease with strangers"

5. rest, ease, repose, relaxationverb

   freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

   "took his repose by the swimming pool"

6. easeverb

   move gently or carefully

   "He eased himself into the chair"

7. comfort, easeverb

   lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

   "ease the pain in your legs"

8. facilitate, ease, alleviateverb

   make easier

   "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

9. still, allay, relieve, easeverb

   lessen the intensity of or calm

   "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. easenoun

   The state of being comfortable or free from stress.

   She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.

2. easenoun

   Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

   His mind was at ease when he received his pension.

3. easenoun

   Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship.

   He passed all the exams with ease.

4. easenoun

   Dexterity or facility.

   He played the organ with ease.

5. easenoun

   Affluence and freedom from financial problems.

   After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease.

6. easenoun

   Relaxation, rest and leisure.

   We took our ease on the patio.

7. easenoun

   Additional space to allow movement within a garment.

   to add ease to a waist measurement

8. easeverb

   To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

   He eased his conscience by confessing.

9. easeverb

   To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).

   He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.

10. easeverb

    To give respite to (someone).

    The provision of extra staff eased their workload.

11. easeverb

    To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).

    We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.

12. easeverb

    To reduce the difficulty of (something).

    We had to ease the entry requirements.

13. easeverb

    To move (something) slowly and carefully.

    He eased the cork from the bottle.

14. easeverb

    To lessen in severity.

    The pain eased overnight.

15. easeverb

    To proceed with little effort.

    The car eased onto the motorway.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. EASEnoun

   Etymology: aise, French.

   1. Quiet; rest; undisturbed tranquillity; no solicitude.

   We should not find her half so brave and bold
   To lead it to the wars, and to the seas;
   To make it suffer watchings, hunger, cold,
   When it might feed with plenty, rest with ease. Davies.

   The priest on skins of off’rings takes his ease,
   And nightly visions in his slumber sees. John Dryden, Æn.

   Lucan, content with praise, may lie at ease
   In costly grotts and marble palaces. John Dryden, Juv. Sat. 7.

   Men of parts and penetration were not idly to dispute at their ease, but were to act according to the result of their debates. John Locke.

   No body is under an obligation to know every thing; knowledge and science in general is the business only of those who are at ease and leisure. John Locke.

   2. Freedom from pain; a neutral state between pain and pleasure.

   That which we call ease is only an indolency, or a freedom from pain. Roger L'Estrange.

   Is it a small crime to wound himself by anguish of heart, to deprive himself of all the pleasures, or eases, or enjoyments of life? William Temple.

   3. Rest after labour; intermission of labour.

   Give yourselves ease from the fatigue of waiting. Jonathan Swift.

   4. Facility; not difficulty.

   The willing metal will obey thy hand,
   Following with ease, if favour’d by thy fate,
   Thou art foredoom’d to view the Stygian state;
   If not, no labour can the tree constrain,
   And strength of stubborn arms and steel are vain. Dryden.

   5. Unconstraint; freedom from harshness, formality, forced behaviour, or conceits.

   True ease in writing comes from art, not chance;
   As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance. Alexander Pope, Ess.

2. To Easeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To free from pain.

   Help and ease children the best you can; but by no means bemoan them. John Locke.

   2. To relieve; to assuage; to mitigate; to alleviate.

   Thy father made our yoke grievous, now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude. 2 Chro. x. 4.

   Complain, queen Margaret, and tell thy grief;
   It shall be eas’d, if France can yield relief. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   As if with sports my sufferings I could ease. Dryden.

   Though he speaks of such medicines as procure sleep, and ease pain, he doth not determine their doses. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

   Will he for sacrifice our sorrows ease?
   And can our tears reverse his firm decrees? Matthew Prior.

   3. To relieve from labour.

   If ere night the gath’ring clouds we fear,
   A song will help the beating storm to bear;
   And that thou may’st not be too late abroad,
   Sing, and I’ll ease thy shoulders of thy load. John Dryden, Past.

   4. To set free from any thing that offends.

   I will ease me of mine adversaries. Is. i. 24.

   No body feels pain that he wishes not to be eased of, with a desire equal to that pain, and inseparable from it. John Locke.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Easenoun

   satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment

2. Easenoun

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

3. Easenoun

   freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind

4. Easenoun

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

5. Easenoun

   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. Easenoun

   to render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate

7. Easenoun

   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. Easenoun

   to entertain; to furnish with accommodations

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ease

   ēz, n. freedom from pain or disturbance: rest from work: quiet: freedom from difficulty: naturalness.—v.t. to free from pain, trouble, or anxiety: to relieve: to calm.—adj. Ease′ful, ease-giving: quiet, fit for rest.—n. Ease′ment, relief: assistance: support: gratification.—adv. Eas′ily.—n. Eas′iness.—adj. Eas′y, at ease: free from pain: tranquil: unconstrained: giving ease: not difficult: yielding: not straitened (in circumstances): not tight: not strict, as in 'easy virtue.'—interj. Easy! a command to lower, or to go gently, to stop rowing, &c.—n. Eas′y-chair, an arm-chair for ease or rest.—adj. Eas′y-gō′ing, good-natured: indolent.—Ease one's self, to relieve nature.—Chapel of ease (see Chapel); Free and easy (see Free).—Honours easy, when the honours are evenly divided at whist: Ill at ease, uncomfortable; Stand at ease, used of soldiers, when freed from 'attention;' Take it easy, to be quite unconcerned: to be in no hurry; Take one's ease, to make one's self comfortable. [O. Fr. aise; cog. with It. agio; Prov. ais, Port. azo.]

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1. EASE

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Matched Categories

1. • Affluence
   • Comfort
   • Move
   • Naturalness
   • Quality
   • Relieve

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Ease' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4423

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Ease' in Nouns Frequency: #1848

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Ease' in Verbs Frequency: #637

How to pronounce Ease?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ease in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Ease in a Sentence

1. Charge Bill Bodner:

   The deceptive marketing coupled with the ease of accessibility makes these small and seemingly innocuous pills a significant threat to the health and safety of all our communities, a staggering number of teens and young adults are unaware that they are ingesting fentanyl in these fake pills and are being poisoned.

2. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!:

   No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!

3. Kobi Gertswolf:

   We want every regular Palestinian resident to have the ability to work ... and have a regular life. This is our simple interest, all of these steps, they can really ease the life of the Palestinian residents.

4. Jason Low:

   From the developers' point of view, the ease of bringing their apps and services to the end users, and how quickly they can monetize their work, is very important.

5. Lee Seung-yeop:

   We feel it is right that we develop golf as a public sport, ease some of the consumers' burden, expand the sport's base and heighten the golf industry's international competitiveness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ease
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ease
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Ease
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ease
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Ease