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    EASE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)play

    Example:

    took his repose by the swimming pool

    Synonyms:

    ease; relaxation; repose; rest

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):

    inactivity (being inactive; being less active)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):

    bed rest; bedrest (confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons))

    laziness (relaxed and easy activity)

    lie-in (a long stay in bed in the morning)

    dormancy; quiescence; quiescency; sleeping (quiet and inactive restfulness)

    leisure (freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effortplay

    Example:

    the very easiness of the deed held her back

    Synonyms:

    ease; easiness; simpleness; simplicity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):

    quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

    Attribute:

    easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):

    effortlessness (the quality of requiring little effort)

    Antonym:

    difficulty (the quality of being difficult)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Freedom from constraint or embarrassmentplay

    Example:

    I am never at ease with strangers

    Synonyms:

    ease; informality

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):

    naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)play

    Example:

    getting it off his conscience gave him some ease

    Synonyms:

    ease; relief

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):

    comfort; comfortableness (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):

    reprieve; respite (a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort)

    Derivation:

    ease (lessen the intensity of or calm)

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable stateplay

    Example:

    he had all the material comforts of this world

    Synonyms:

    comfort; ease

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("ease" is a kind of...):

    affluence; richness (abundant wealth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ease"):

    lap of luxury (in conditions of wealth and comfort)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they ease  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it eases  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: eased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: eased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: easing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviateplay

    Example:

    ease the pain in your legs

    Synonyms:

    comfort; ease

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):

    alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    easement; easing (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make easierplay

    Example:

    you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge

    Synonyms:

    alleviate; ease; facilitate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):

    aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    easing (a change for the better)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Lessen the intensity of or calmplay

    Example:

    still the fears

    Synonyms:

    allay; ease; relieve; still

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):

    comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ease"):

    abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sentence example:

    The good news will ease her


    Derivation:

    ease (the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress))

    easement (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Move gently or carefullyplay

    Example:

    He eased himself into the chair

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "ease" is one way to...):

    go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP

    Also:

    ease up (move in order to make room for someone for something)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    It is as well I should ease my mind before I die: what we think little of in health, burdens us at such an hour as the present is to me.

    (Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

    My instincts are all against a woman being too frank and at her ease with me.

    (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    She found it harder to bear than the others because she could remember a time when home was beautiful, life full of ease and pleasure, and want of any kind unknown.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

    During this time they are much visited by their friends, because they cannot go abroad with their usual ease and satisfaction.

    (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

    “And who else?” returned the other, getting more at his ease.

    (Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

    It would ease your conscience, and possibly your punishment.

    (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease.

    (Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

    This lagomorph has non-pigmented skin and long slender ears which allows for ease of visualization of peripheral vasculature, thus facilitating phlebotomical procedures.

    (New Zealand White Rabbit, NCI Thesaurus)

    The process by which a value is assigned to represent another set of values for ease of evaluation within a particular process.

    (Numeric Conversion, NCI Thesaurus)

    There are many things you can do to help ease pain.

    (Pain Relievers, NIH)


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