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Eased   /izd/   Listen
verb
Ease  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. eased; pres. part. easing)  
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. "Eased (from) the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear." "Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load."
2.
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. "My couch shall ease my complaint."
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.
4.
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. (Obs.)
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.
Synonyms: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.


adjective
eased  adj.  Made less severe or intense; mitigated.
Synonyms: alleviated, relieved.





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"Eased" Quotes from Famous Books



... looking and looking and feeling the bitter hopelessness of it all, I was well on my way to going crazy with sorrow. But somehow, not seeing any longer the ruin which was so near to me, and of which I knew myself to be a part, it seemed less real to me—and so less dreadful. And being thus eased a little I realized that I was hungry again, and that commonplace natural ...
— In the Sargasso Sea - A Novel • Thomas A. Janvier
... eased his body, he was unable to ease his mind. He had not expected to enjoy his questionable freedom, anyway. Liberty was of value to him only as he might be able to use it in his fight for his rights as an innocent man. He could not ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... not wholly clear to Maisie why Mrs. Wix should be prostrate at this discovery; but her general consciousness of the way things could be both perpetrated and resented always eased off for her the strain of the particular mystery. "There may be some mistake. He says ...
— What Maisie Knew • Henry James
... said the irritated young lady, when she had regained her own room, and eased her mind by committing an assault on Phib, 'if I don't set mother against him a little more ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens
... We had a deal of squeezing an' bumping in the ice of course, but got little damage, till about six days back I think, or thereabouts, when we got a nip that seemed to me to cut the bottom clean out o' the big kayak, for when the ice eased off again it went straight to the bottom. We had only time to throw some provisions on the ice and jump out before it went down. As our provisions were not sufficient to last more than a few days, I was sent off with some ...
— Red Rooney - The Last of the Crew • R.M. Ballantyne


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