ease
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ease (uncountable)
- Ability, the means to do something, particularly:
- comfort#Noun|Comfort, a state#Noun|state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:
- Freedom from pain#Noun|pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (pejorative, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- Freedom from worry#Noun|worry and concern#Noun|concern; peace; sometimes (pejorative, archaic) indifference.
- The pension set her mind at ease.
- Freedom from difficulty.
- He passed all the exams with ease.
- Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
- We took our ease on the patio.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125 ↗; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: Printed by [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868 ↗, folio xxxvii, recto ↗:
- So that the clerkes be nat with me wroth / I ſaye that they were maked for bothe / This is to ſeyn, for offyce and for ease / Of engendrure, there we nat god diſpleaſe
- So that the clerks be not with me wrathful / I say that they [genitals] were made for both / This is to say, for duty and for ease / Of reproduction, that we not God displease
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace#Noun|grace.
- She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.
- Freedom from pain#Noun|pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (pejorative, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Relief, an end#Noun|end to discomfort, particularly:
- Followed by of or from: release#Noun|release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain.
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained#Adjective|constrained position#Noun|position.
- At ease, soldier!
- (clothing) Additional space#Noun|space provide#Verb|provided to allow greater movement.
- Add some ease to the waist measurement.
- Followed by of or from: release#Noun|release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- (obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.
- (obsolete) A relief; an easement.
- (ability) ability, dexterity, facility, skill
- (comfort) comfort, peace
- (freedom from worry) peace of mind
- (freedom from effort) free time, leisure, relaxation, rest
- French: facilité
- German: Fähigkeit, Talent
- Italian: facilità
- Portuguese: habilidade
- Russian: лёгкость
- German: Bequemlichkeit, Leichtigkeit
- Russian: споко́йствие
- German: Erleichterung
- Portuguese: conforto, comodidade
- German: Leichtigkeit
- Portuguese: facilidade
- Russian: лёгкость
ease (eases, present participle easing; past and past participle eased)
- (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- 1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...], Imprinted at London: [By H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, OCLC 837515946 ↗; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], OCLC 706027473 ↗, page 291 ↗:
- And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to forstand#English|foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; {{...}
- Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
- (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- We eased the boom vang, then lowered the sail.
- (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- (intransitive) To lessen in severity.
- The pain eased overnight.
- (intransitive) To proceed with little effort.
- The car eased onto the motorway.
- (free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc) assuage, salve
- (alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)) allay, alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce
- (give respite to (someone)) give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal)
- (loosen or slacken the tension on (something)) loosen, relax, slacken
- (reduce the difficulty of (something)) facilitate, simplify
- (lessen in severity) lessen, reduce
- (proceed with little effort) cruise
- German: lindern
- Russian: успока́ивать
- Spanish: aliviar
- Russian: освобожда́ть
- Russian: ослабля́ть
- Russian: облегча́ть
- Russian: уменьша́ть
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