'Easing' definitions:
Definition of 'easing'
From: WordNet
noun
A change for the better [syn: easing, moderation, relief]
noun
The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
Definition of 'Easing'
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]
Definition of 'easing'
From: GCIDE
- easing \easing\ n.
- 1. a change for the better.
- Syn: moderation, relief. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain.
- Syn: alleviation, relief. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'easing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- abating,
- allaying,
- allayment,
- alleviating,
- alleviation,
- alleviative,
- analgesia,
- analgesic,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetic,
- anesthetizing,
- anodyne,
- appeasement,
- assuagement,
- assuaging,
- assuasive,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- blunting,
- calming,
- cathartic,
- chastening,
- clarification,
- cleansing,
- cushioning,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- demulcent,
- demulsion,
- diminishing,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- disburdening,
- disencumbering,
- disencumberment,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easement,
- emollient,
- expediting,
- expedition,
- facilitation,
- falling-off,
- hastening,
- hushing,
- laxation,
- leniency,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- mellowing,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- mitigative,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mollifying,
- numbing,
- pacification,
- padding,
- pain-killing,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- purgative,
- quickening,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reducing,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relaxing,
- relief,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- remedy,
- remission,
- salving,
- simplification,
- simplifying,
- slackening,
- smoothing,
- softening,
- softening-up,
- soothing,
- speeding,
- streamlining,
- subduement,
- subduing,
- tempering,
- tranquilization,
- unballasting,
- unburdening,
- unfreighting,
- unlading,
- unloading,
- unsaddling,
- untaxing