Easing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased} ([=e]zd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See
     {Ease}, n.]
     1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
        to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
        tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to


        ease the body or mind.
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              Eased [from] the putting off
              These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton.
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              Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
        alleviate.
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              My couch shall ease my complaint.     --Job vii. 13.
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     3. 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.
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     4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
        --Chaucer.
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     {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope
        gradually.
  
     {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
        the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
  
     {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
        amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
        on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
     Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
          assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  easing \easing\ n.
     1. a change for the better.
  
     Syn: moderation, relief.
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     2. the act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain.
  
     Syn: alleviation, relief.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  easing
       n 1: a change for the better [syn: {moderation}, {relief}]
       2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or
          annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the
          constant pain" [syn: {easement}, {alleviation}, {relief}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "easing":
     abatement, abating, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation,
     alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic,
     anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, assuagement, assuaging,
     assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, calming,
     cathartic, chastening, clarification, cleansing, cushioning,
     dampening, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminishing,
     diminishment, diminution, disburdening, disencumbering,
     disencumberment, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, emollient,
     expediting, expedition, facilitation, falling-off, hastening,
     hushing, laxation, leniency, lenitive, lessening, letdown, letup,
     lightening, loosening, lulling, mellowing, mitigating, mitigation,
     mitigative, modulation, mollification, mollifying, numbing,
     pacification, padding, pain-killing, palliation, palliative,
     purgative, quickening, quietening, quieting, reducing, reduction,
     relaxation, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy,
     remission, salving, simplification, simplifying, slackening,
     smoothing, softening, softening-up, soothing, speeding,
     streamlining, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization,
     unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading,
     unsaddling, untaxing