Dictionary Entry
ease
ease is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 4 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
- 2noun
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
- 3noun
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
- 4noun
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
- 9noun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
"took his repose by the swimming pool"
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- 10noun
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
"he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"
"they put it into containers for ease of transportation"
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- 11noun
freedom from constraint or embarrassment
"I am never at ease with strangers"
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- 12noun
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"
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- 13noun
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"
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- 14verb
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
"ease the pain in your legs"
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- 15verb
make easier
"you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
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- 16verb
lessen the intensity of or calm
"The news eased my conscience"
"still the fears"
- 17verb
move gently or carefully
"He eased himself into the chair"
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