Word Meaning

ease definition and meaning

n. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
n. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
n. Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
n. Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
n. 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.
n. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
n. 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.
n. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Crossword clues for ease

- Abate (of storm)
- Absence of difficulty
- Absence of difficulty or effort
- Alleviate
- Alleviate the vowels for referee
- Alleviate using greasepaint
- Become less painful
- Carefully manoeuvre
- Cockney? He’s to lessen
- Comfort
- descend
- Edge
- Edgy, ill at ...
- Effortlessness
- Freedom from difficulty
- Informality
- Lack of difficulty
- Lessen
- Lessen in severity
- Make less burdensome
- Make less complicated
- Mitigate
- Parade ground command, at ...
- Relax
- Relaxation
- Relaxation facility
- Relieve some weasels
- Rest
- Rub out
- Simplicity
- Soothe