ease/[E's]

ease (ēz)

Noun

• 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 difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent 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 pond.

Verb. _{^{eased, eas·ing, eas·es.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To free from pain, worry, or agitation: eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.
• To lessen the discomfort or pain of: shifted position to ease her back.
• To give respite from: eased the staff's burden by hiring more people.
• To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen: ease off a cable.
• To reduce the difficulty or trouble of: eased the entrance requirements.
• To move or maneuver slowly and carefully: eased the car into a narrow space; eased the director out of office.

Verb. Intransitive

• 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.

E's (ēz)