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Definitions for Ease

[1] freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
[2] freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one's health.
[3] freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease.
[4] freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income.
[5] freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry.
[6] to free from anxiety or care: to ease one's mind.
[7] to mitigate, lighten, or lessen: to ease pain.
[8] to release from pressure, tension, or the like.
[9] to move or shift with great care: to ease a car into a narrow parking space.
[10] to render less difficult; facilitate: I'll help if it will ease your job.
[11] to provide (an architectural member) with an easement.
[12] Shipbuilding . to trim (a timber of a wooden hull) so as to fair its surface into the desired form of the hull.
[13] Nautical . to bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships. to bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind. to slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope). to lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).
[14] to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often followed by off or up ).
[15] to become less painful, burdensome, etc.
[16] to move, shift, or be moved or be shifted with great care.
[17] ease out , to remove from a position of authority, a job, or the like, especially by methods intended to be tactful: He was eased out as division head to make way for the boss's nephew.
[18] at ease , Military . a position of rest in which soldiers may relax but may not leave their places or talk.
[19] freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
[20] lack of difficulty, labour, or awkwardness; facility
[21] rest, leisure, or relaxation
[22] freedom from poverty or financial embarrassment; affluence a life of ease
[23] lack of restraint, embarrassment, or stiffness his ease of manner disarmed us
[24] at ease military (of a standing soldier, etc) in a relaxed position with the feet apart and hands linked behind the back a command to adopt such a position in a relaxed attitude or frame of mind
[25] to make or become less burdensome
[26] (tr) to relieve (a person) of worry or care; comfort
[27] (tr) to make comfortable or give rest to
[28] (tr) to make less difficult; facilitate
[29] to move or cause to move into, out of, etc, with careful manipulation to ease a car into a narrow space
[30] (when intr, often foll by off or up ) to lessen or cause to lessen in severity, pressure, tension, or strain; slacken, loosen, or abate
[31] ease oneself or ease nature archaic , euphemistic to urinate or defecate
[32] ease the helm nautical to relieve the pressure on the rudder of a vessel, esp by bringing the bow into the wind

Words related to Ease

content, calm, comfort, satisfaction, calmness, luxury, relaxation, serenity, simplicity, nonchalance, composure, quickness, dexterity, familiarity, poise, efficiency, flexibility, aplomb, fluency, mitigate

Words nearby Ease

earwig, earwigging, earwitness, earworm, eas, ease, ease off, ease out, easeful, easel, easement

Origin of Ease

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English ese, eise < Anglo-French ese, Old French aise, eise comfort, convenience < Vulgar Latin *adjace(m ), accusative of *adjacēs vicinity (compare Medieval Latin in aiace in (the) vicinity), the regular outcome of Latin adjacēns adjacent, taken in VL as a noun of the type nūbēs, accusative nūbem cloud; (v.) Middle English esen < Anglo-French e(i)ser, Old French aisier, derivative of the noun

Other words from Ease

self-ease , noun
self-eas·ing , adjective
well-eased , adjective

Word origin for Ease

C13: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin adjacēns neighbouring (area); see adjacent

Synonyms for Ease

calm, calmness, comfort, content, luxury, relaxation, satisfaction, serenity, affluence, ataraxia, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, passivity, prosperity, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, restfulness, security, tranquility, bed of roses, peace of mind, requiescence, supinity