Definition of ease Ease
/iˈz/ - [eez] - ease
We found 41 definitions of ease from 9 different sources.
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What does ease mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: eases |
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| ease - 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" | ||
| easiness, simplicity, simpleness | ||
| difficultness, difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" | ||
| easy obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally; "easy money" | ||
| quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | ||
| ease - freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" | ||
| informality | ||
| naturalness the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music" | ||
| ease - 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" | ||
| comfort | ||
| affluence, richness abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" | ||
| ease - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" | ||
| rest, repose, relaxation | ||
| inactivity being inactive; being less active | ||
| bed rest, bedrest confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | ||
| laziness relaxed and easy activity; "the laziness of the day helped her to relax" | ||
| lie-in a long stay in bed in the morning | ||
| dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" | ||
| ease - 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" | ||
| relief | ||
| comfortableness, comfort a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | ||
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| ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| move over, ease up, give way, yield, give move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" | ||
| ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" | ||
| comfort | ||
| alleviate, palliate, assuage, relieve provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" | ||
| ease - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" | ||
| still, allay, relieve | ||
| console, solace, comfort, soothe lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" | ||
| abreact discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | ||
| ease - make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" | ||
| facilitate, alleviate | ||
| aid, assist, help act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ease (Noun)
The state of being comfortable or free from stress. - ease (Noun)
Freedom from pain, worry, agitation, etc. - ease (Noun)
Freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship. - ease (Noun)
Dexterity or facility. - ease (Noun)
Affluence and freedom from financial problems. - ease (Noun)
Relaxation, rest and leisure. - ease (Noun)
Additional space to allow movement within a garment. - ease (Verb)
To free something from pain, worry, agitation, etc. - ease (Verb)
To alleviate, assuage or lessen pain. - ease (Verb)
To give respite to someone. - ease (Verb)
To loosen or slacken the tension on something. - ease (Verb)
To reduce the difficulty of something. - ease (Verb)
To move something slowly and carefully. - ease (Verb)
To lessen in severity. - ease (Verb)
To proceed with little effort.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ease (n.)
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. - ease (n.)
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. - ease (n.)
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. - ease (n.)
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. - ease (n.)
To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind. - ease (n.)
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. - ease (n.)
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. - ease (n.)
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ease
A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony, e.g., a state free from civil disturbance. -
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To make easy or easier. -
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Relief from work or other activity or responsibility.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ease
ēz, n. freedom from pain or disturbance: rest from work: quiet: freedom from difficulty: naturalness.—v.t. to free from pain, trouble, or anxiety: to relieve: to calm.—adj. Ease′ful, ease-giving: quiet, fit for rest.—n. Ease′ment, relief: assistance: support: gratification.—adv. Eas′ily.—n. Eas′iness.—adj. Eas′y, at ease: free from pain: tranquil: unconstrained: giving ease: not difficult: yielding: not straitened (in circumstances): not tight: not strict, as in 'easy virtue.'—interj. Easy! a command to lower, or to go gently, to stop rowing, &c.—n. Eas′y-chair, an arm-chair for ease or rest.—adj. Eas′y-gō′ing, good-natured: indolent.—Ease one's self, to relieve nature.—Chapel of ease (see Chapel); Free and easy (see Free).—Honours easy, when the honours are evenly divided at whist: Ill at ease, uncomfortable; Stand at ease, used of soldiers, when freed from 'attention;' Take it easy, to be quite unconcerned: to be in no hurry; Take one's ease, to make one's self comfortable. [O. Fr. aise; cog. with It. agio; Prov. ais, Port. azo.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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the ship! the command given by the pilot to the steersman, to put the helm close to the lee-side, or, in the sea-phrase, hard-a-lee, when the ship is expected to pitch or plunge her fore-part deep in the water, while close-hauled. The reason usually given for this practice is, that the sudden movement of the helm prevents the ship’s head from falling with so much weight and rapidity into the hollow of the sea, as it would do otherwise: which is presuming that the flow, and uncertain effect of the helm is sufficient to retard the certain and violent action of gravity: a position that necessarily infers a very singular theory of mechanics. We shall not endeavour to advance any argument in favour of this practice; only to remark, that it is most religiously observed, both in merchant-ships and his majesty’s navy.To EASE off, or EASE away, molir, filer, to slacken gradually any single rope, or complication of ropes, formed into a tackle.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ease
To remain at rest.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny. -
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Think of ease, but work on.
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