ease (iːz
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- See at ease
verb
- 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
- See ease oneself
- See ease the helm
Alternative Forms
ˈeaser nounWord Origin
C13: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin adjacēns neighbouring (area); see adjacentSynonyms
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Usage examples
Damin's Raiders were picking off their flanks with the same careless ease they demonstrated on the practice field shooting at melons.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Top end bikes are incredibly light - often as light if not lighter than high-end road bikes - for ease of lifting and carrying.
Cycling Weekly (2004)In fact, it's a good representation of the ease in which two totally dissimilar cultures can mix given the right opportunity.
Irish Times (2002)Merging with the kitchen is the dining and family area which accommodates a dining table and comfy sofa with ease.
Glasgow Herald (2001)To ease her anxiety they said they would give her only four hours notice of her operation!
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)