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Noun ease has 5 senses
- ease, easiness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"
--1 is a kind of quality
Antonyms: difficulty, difficultness
--1 has particulars: effortlessness
- ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
--2 is a kind of affluence, richness
--2 has particulars: lap of luxury
- relief, ease - the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"
--3 is a kind of comfort, comfortableness
--3 has particulars: reprieve, respite
- ease, informality - freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"
--4 is a kind of naturalness
- rest, ease, repose, relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
--5 is a kind of inactivity
--5 has particulars:
Verb ease has 4 senses
- ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- comfort, ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
--2 is one way to relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- facilitate, ease, alleviate - make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
--3 is one way to help, assist, aid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- still, allay, relieve, ease - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
--4 is one way to comfort, soothe, console, solace
Sample sentence:
The good news will ease her
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