ease

Definitions of ease in various dictionaries:

noun - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

noun - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

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

noun - freedom from constraint or embarrassment

noun - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

verb - move gently or carefully

verb - lessen pain or discomfort

verb - make easier

verb - lessen the intensity of or calm

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation: Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.

Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent ease.

Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility: She practiced until she could play the sonata with ease.

Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence: a life of luxury and ease.

A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure: He took his ease by the swimming pool.

To free from pain, worry, or agitation: He eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.

To lessen the discomfort or pain of: She shifted position so as to ease her back.

To alleviate; assuage: prescribed a drug to ease the pain.

To give respite from: eased the burden on her staff by hiring temporary help.

To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen: ease off a cable.

To reduce the difficulty or trouble of: ease credit terms; eased the entrance requirements.

To move or maneuver slowly and carefully: eased the car into a narrow space; eased the director out of office.

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress: pain that never eased.

To move or proceed with little effort: eased through life doing as little as possible.

In a relaxed position, especially standing silently at rest with the right foot stationary: put the soldiers at ease while waiting for inspection.

Used as a command for troops to assume a relaxed position.

verb - to give rest or relief to