ease
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health.
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.
to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind.
to mitigate, lighten, or lessen: to ease pain.
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.
to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.
to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.
to slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope).
to lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).
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.
ease out, 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.
Idioms about ease
at ease, Military. a position of rest in which soldiers may relax but may not leave their places or talk.
Origin of ease
1synonym study For ease
Other words for ease
Opposites for ease
Other words from ease
- self-ease, noun
- self-easing, adjective
- well-eased, adjective
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How to use ease in a sentence
Consumers can see the availability and pricing of the provider upfront and schedule house calls with security and ease from an LSA ad unit and profile itself.
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Two women just won the Nobel Prize for their work on the gene-editing technique CRISPR | Claire Maldarelli | October 7, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIts ease of use helped tremendously in making CRISPR ubiquitous.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for CRISPR ‘Genetic Scissors’ | Jordana Cepelewicz | October 7, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe frame can rest nicely on a surface or be mounted on the wall with ease.
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At every turn, they described their son as a faithful follower who had dedicated his life to easing the suffering of innocents.
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage | Shane Harris | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese so-called quantitative easing measures were intended to keep interest rates low.
An easing of tensions between al Qaeda and ISIS presents dangers for America in its military campaign in the Levant.
Al Qaeda Plotters in Syria ‘Went Dark,’ U.S. Spies Say | Eli Lake | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was 1997, one of those rare times when the ruthless reign of the ayatollahs appeared to be easing up.
Why not let him cut loose and go all Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa, instead of easing his way out of something a bit grimier?
Meet Vincent McKenna, Your New Favorite Bill Murray Character | Alex Suskind | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a further refinement when the staunch little lover of liberty sets about "easing" the pressure of commands.
Children's Ways | James SullyThat evening, while Joe was easing the warps by shoving pieces of coir where the bite came, he felt a grip on his neck.
The Chequers | James RuncimanMagnificent, she said, easing her shoulder of the strap of her knapsack while her eyes followed the driving rain cloud.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyThe sound of running water was near; he went to the creek and bathed his throat, easing its burning with a deep swig.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. OgdenFrederick grasped her hands, her brilliant smile easing the pain that like a knife stabbed his heart.
Tess of the Storm Country | Grace Miller White
British Dictionary definitions for ease
/ (iːz) /
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
(of a standing soldier, etc) in a relaxed position with the feet apart and hands linked behind the back
a command to adopt such a position
in a relaxed attitude or frame of mind
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
(when intr, 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, euphemistic 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
Origin of ease
1Derived forms of ease
- easer, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with ease
In addition to the idioms beginning with ease
- ease off
- ease out
also see:
- at ease
- ill at ease
Also see undereasilyeasy.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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