meaning of ease
1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
3. Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
4. Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc. ; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc. ; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
5. 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.
6. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
7. 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.
8. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
9. Ease General purpose parallel programming language, combining the process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures of Linda. "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the Language", S. E. Zenith,
10. freedom from activity work or strain or responsibility; "took his repose by the swimming
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Related Words
ease | ease off | ease up | eased | easeful | easel | easeless | easement |
