to ease
- verb
- /iːz/
- They have to learn somewhere, Kelly, that we ease them into adulthood.
- ease the transition
- help ease
- ease the burden
That is a comic who is trying to ease a psychic pain.
- That is a comic who is trying to ease a psychic pain.
- If the housing market calms down, it would ease some inflationary fears.
- I might smoke a little bit and just like ease my mind for a little bit.
- A deity to maximize power to ease all suffering.
- Religion's main function is to ease your mind about those questions.
- And there's nothing in you that doesn't want to help ease the suffering of the entire world.
- So it that, that that really ease that, that, that transition.
- South share this with a poop warrior to help ease their poop worried mind.
- And so all of it will ease in the end.
- Now, as they what does it mean to quantitatively ease a situation?
- Let our stacks of Samolians ease your pain.
- So that use the volatility, volatility, So ease to, to dampen the volatility.
- Then I would soon find out that there are painkillers that ease, that calm down.
Examples
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In addition to increasing student access, advances in technology have eased the video production process as well.
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But I think the aspirin has helped ease the pain.
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Still, let me attempt to ease some of your concern here.
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I might smoke a little bit and just like ease my mind for a little bit.
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And if that special someone has pain, I wanna be there to ease the pain.
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What is it that you could be doing to ease the burden?
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The Committee expects that this change will ease the calendar congestion in the Supreme Court.
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In addition, the support we received from the Department of Literacy helped ease our nerves and discomfort.
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A similar strategy for handling past corruption could ease Mexico's transition toward a more open democracy.
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I took some deep breaths to ease my anxiety before the presentation.
Synonyms
To feel less nervous and more calm
To make a task or process easier and help it happen
To make someone feel less upset or in pain
Make pain, stress, or worry less
To make pain, suffering, or a problem less strong
Make something less strong or harsh
To make a process or situation easier by removing obstacles
To make a load or worry feel less heavy
To make fear, anger, or worry less strong
To make quiet or calm
Make bad news or a loss easier to accept
To make someone less angry or upset
Make a process or problem easier by removing difficulties
To make something less rough by pressing it flat or by calming people
Make a tense situation calmer
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Etymology
Ease comes from Old French aise meaning 'comfort', and it shares the root with easy. So to ease something is to make it less painful or less worrying.