'EASE' definitions:
Definition of 'ease'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness, difficulty]
noun
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" [syn: ease, comfort]
noun
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" [syn: relief, ease]
noun
Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" [syn: ease, informality]
noun
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation]
verb
Move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
verb
Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" [syn: comfort, ease]
verb
Make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, ease, alleviate]
verb
Definition of 'Ease'
From: GCIDE
- Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.]
- 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. [1913 Webster]
- Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. --Swift. (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. [1913 Webster]
- Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. [1913 Webster]
- Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. --Luke xii. 19. (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. [1913 Webster]
- True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." --Ps. xxv. 12.
- Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
- Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
- To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
- With ease, easily; without much effort.
- Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ease'
From: GCIDE
- Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Eased ([=e]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See Ease, n.]
- 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind. [1913 Webster]
- Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. [1913 Webster]
- My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To ease off, To ease away (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually.
- To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
- To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
- Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ease'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abate,
- abatement,
- abet,
- abundance,
- acceptance,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- advance,
- affability,
- affluence,
- aid,
- alienation,
- allay,
- allayment,
- alleviate,
- alleviation,
- allow for,
- ameliorate,
- amusement,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetize,
- anesthetizing,
- animal pleasure,
- aplomb,
- appease,
- appeasement,
- appropriateness,
- artfulness,
- artlessness,
- assist,
- assistance,
- assuage,
- assuagement,
- assure,
- attenuate,
- Atticism,
- avail,
- bail out,
- bate,
- be light,
- bear a hand,
- bear up,
- bed of roses,
- befriend,
- benefit,
- benumb,
- better,
- bodily pleasure,
- Bohemianism,
- calm,
- calm down,
- calming,
- calmness,
- carnal delight,
- casualness,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- cheer,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clear,
- clear coast,
- clear road,
- clear the way,
- clearness,
- cleverness,
- clover,
- color,
- comeliness,
- comfort,
- common touch,
- compose,
- composure,
- condole with,
- content,
- contentedness,
- contentment,
- convenience,
- cool,
- cordiality,
- correctness,
- coziness,
- cradle,
- creature comforts,
- cushion,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- deadening,
- decrease,
- deftness,
- diffuse,
- dignity,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- directness,
- disburden,
- discrimination,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disjoin,
- dispatch,
- disperse,
- distinction,
- do good,
- doctor,
- dulcify,
- dull,
- dulling,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- easement,
- easiness,
- easing,
- easy circumstances,
- easy going,
- Easy Street,
- easygoingness,
- efficiency,
- effortlessness,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- encourage,
- endpleasure,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- entire satisfaction,
- euphoria,
- even out,
- expedite,
- expertise,
- expertness,
- explain,
- extenuate,
- facileness,
- facilitate,
- facility,
- familiarity,
- favor,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- fittingness,
- fleshpots,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- fluff,
- folksiness,
- foment,
- forepleasure,
- forward,
- free,
- free time,
- freedom,
- fruition,
- fulfillment,
- fun,
- further,
- gentle,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give comfort,
- give help,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- good offices,
- good taste,
- goof-off time,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- graciousness,
- gratification,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- great satisfaction,
- guide,
- gusto,
- happiness,
- hasten,
- have little weight,
- hearten,
- hearty enjoyment,
- help,
- help along,
- highroad,
- homeliness,
- homeyness,
- hush,
- idle hours,
- idleness,
- ignore,
- improve,
- inactivity,
- inch,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- informality,
- informalness,
- ingenuousness,
- insouciance,
- intellectual pleasure,
- intelligibility,
- irregularity,
- joie de vivre,
- keen pleasure,
- kick the beam,
- kicks,
- knack,
- knead,
- lack of hindrance,
- lap of luxury,
- lax,
- laxate,
- lay,
- leisure,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- lessen,
- lessening,
- let down,
- let go,
- let up,
- let up on,
- liberate,
- life of ease,
- lighten,
- limber,
- limber up,
- limpidity,
- loaves and fishes,
- loose,
- loosen,
- looseness,
- lubricate,
- lucidity,
- lull,
- lulling,
- luxury,
- make allowance for,
- make clear,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- make way for,
- manipulate,
- mash,
- massage,
- mellow,
- milden,
- mince,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- mitigate,
- mitigation,
- moderation,
- mollification,
- mollify,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- nonchalance,
- numb,
- numbing,
- odd moments,
- off-load,
- offhandedness,
- office,
- offices,
- oil,
- open the way,
- open up,
- opulence,
- pacify,
- pad,
- palliate,
- palliation,
- passivity,
- pave the way,
- peace,
- peace and quiet,
- peace of mind,
- peacefulness,
- pellucidity,
- perspicuity,
- physical pleasure,
- plain sailing,
- plainness,
- plane sailing,
- pleasure,
- plenty,
- plump,
- poetry,
- poise,
- polish,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- prepare the way,
- proffer aid,
- promote,
- propriety,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- protect,
- protection,
- pulp,
- purity,
- put at ease,
- quell,
- quicken,
- quiet,
- quiet pleasure,
- quieten,
- rally,
- reassure,
- reclaim,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- redeem,
- reduce,
- reduce weight,
- reduction,
- refinement,
- relax,
- relaxation,
- relaxedness,
- release,
- relief,
- relieve,
- relish,
- remedy,
- remit,
- remove friction,
- render assistance,
- repose,
- rescue,
- resignation,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- restore,
- restraint,
- resuscitate,
- retirement,
- revive,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- royal road,
- run interference for,
- salve,
- salving,
- satisfaction,
- save,
- scatter,
- security,
- seemliness,
- self-gratification,
- self-indulgence,
- semiretirement,
- sensual pleasure,
- sensuous pleasure,
- serenity,
- service,
- set at ease,
- set up,
- sexual pleasure,
- shake up,
- simplicity,
- simplify,
- skillfulness,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- sleep,
- slip,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smash,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smooth road,
- smooth sailing,
- smooth the way,
- smoothen,
- smoothness,
- soap the ways,
- sociability,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soften up,
- softening,
- solace,
- solid comfort,
- soothe,
- soothing,
- spare time,
- speed,
- spontaneity,
- squash,
- stabilize,
- steady,
- steer,
- still,
- straight sailing,
- straightforwardness,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- subduement,
- success,
- succor,
- supple,
- support,
- sweetness of life,
- sympathize with,
- take in tow,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- tenderize,
- terseness,
- the affluent life,
- the good life,
- therapy,
- thriving,
- thriving condition,
- time,
- time to kill,
- time to spare,
- titillation,
- tone down,
- tranquilize,
- tranquillity,
- tune down,
- unaffectedness,
- unballast,
- unbar,
- unbend,
- unblock,
- unbrace,
- unburden,
- unbuttoned ease,
- unceremoniousness,
- unclog,
- uncomplexity,
- uncomplicatedness,
- unconcern,
- unconstrainedness,
- unconstraint,
- unconventionality,
- unglue,
- unjam,
- unlade,
- unlax,
- unleash,
- unload,
- unpretentiousness,
- unrestraint,
- unstick,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- untighten,
- unwind,
- upward mobility,
- varnish,
- velvet,
- voluptuousness,
- water down,
- weaken,
- weal,
- wealth,
- weigh lightly,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- whitewash,
- zest
Acronyms for 'ease'
From: V.E.R.A.
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