Definitions of Relieve [ɪˈliv]

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Definition of 'Relieve'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) relieve
to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.); mitigate; allay.

2.  relieve
to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.

3.  relieve
to free from need or poverty.

4.  relieve
to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).

5.  relieve
to ease (a person) of a burden, wrong, or oppression.

6.  relieve
to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress).

7.  relieve
to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous:
Curtains relieved the drabness of the room.

8.  relieve
to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.

9.  relieve
to release (a person on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.

10.  relieve
to replace (a baseball pitcher).

11.  relieve
to release from an obligation or position:
to be relieved of one's post.

12. (v.i.) relieve
to act as a relief pitcher.

Definition of 'Relieve'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
provide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will relieve your headaches"

2. (verb) take over, relieve
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

3. (verb) exempt, relieve, free
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"

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

5. (verb) salvage, salve, relieve, save
save from ruin, destruction, or harm

6. (verb) unbosom, relieve
relieve oneself of troubling information

7. (verb) remedy, relieve
provide relief for
"remedy his illness"

8. (verb) relieve
free from a burden, evil, or distress

9. (verb) relieve
take by stealing
"The thief relieved me of $100"

10. (verb) excuse, relieve, let off, exempt
grant exemption or release to
"Please excuse me from this class"

11. (verb) relieve, lighten
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
"relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"

Definition of 'Relieve'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) relieve
to lessen the unpleasant effects of sth
tips for relieving stress; She sings to relieve the boredom of work.

2. relieve
to replace sb who has stopped working
The security guard was relieved by the night shift.

Definition of 'Relieve'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Relieve
to lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise

2. (verb) Relieve
to cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast

3. (verb) Relieve
to raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of

4. (verb) Relieve
to raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor

5. (verb) Relieve
to free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town

6. (verb) Relieve
to release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty

7. (verb) Relieve
to ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right

Translation of 'Relieve'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc) The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.
Afrikaans: verlig	Arabic: يُريح، يُخَفِّف	Bulgarian: намалявам
Brazilian: aliviar	Czech: ulevit	German: erleichtern
Danish: lindre; fjerne	Greek: ανακουφίζω, καταπραΰνω	Spanish: aliviar
Estonian: leevendama	Farsi: تسکین دادن؛ کاستن	Finnish: helpottaa
French: soulager	Hebrew: לְהָקֵל	Hindi: पीड़ा कम करना
Croatian: olakšati, ublažiti	Hungarian: enyhít	Indonesian: meredakan
Icelandic: lina, létta, draga úr	Italian: alleviare	Japanese: 和らげる
Korean: 완화하다	Lithuanian: palengvinti, sumažinti	Latvian: atvieglot
Malay: melegakan	Dutch: verlichten	Norwegian: lindre, mildne, lette
Polish: ulżyć	Persian: تسکین دادن؛ کاستن	Pashto: هوساكول، اّرامول، دردكرار
Portuguese: aliviar	Romanian: a alina	Russian: облегчать
Slovak: uľaviť	Slovenian: ublažiti	Serbian: ublažiti
Swedish: lindra	Thai: ผ่อนคลาย	Turkish: sıkıntısını hafifletmek,
Taiwanese: 減輕，消除(痛苦、擔憂)	Ukrainian: полегшувати; зменшувати	Urdu: راحت پانا
Vietnamese: làm giảm; làm dịu	Chinese: 减轻（痛苦）
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