Ease Eased Make Iːz Pain Traffic Mind Slowly

• the pain immediately eased.
• this should help ease the pain.
• the plan should ease traffic congestion in the town.
• it would ease my mind (= make me less worried) to know that she was settled.

ease

1. to become or to make something less unpleasant, painful, severe, etc.
• synonym alleviate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/alleviate
• The pain immediately eased.
• This should help ease the pain.
• The plan should ease traffic congestion in the town.
• It would ease my mind (= make me less worried) to know that she was settled.
2. to move, or to move somebody/something, slowly and carefully
• He eased slowly forwards.
• She eased herself into a chair.
• He eased off (= took off) his shoes.
3. to make something easier
• Ramps have been built to ease access for the disabled.
4. to make something or to become less tight and more relaxed
• synonym relax
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/relax
• Ease your grip on the wheel a little.
5. to become or make something lower in price or value
• synonym reduce
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/reduce
• Share prices eased back from yesterday's levels.

Extra Examples

• He eased himself into the driving seat.
• I eased myself slowly out of bed.
• Jean eased back on the pillows and relaxed.
• She carefully eased the car out of the garage
• Tensions between the two countries are beginning to ease.
• The new road should help ease traffic problems.
• The pain in my leg gradually eased away.
• The situation would be considerably eased if more money were made available.
• His family connections eased his passage into the top ranks of the industry.
• It would ease my mind to know that she was happy.
• The pain gradually eased a little.
• The snow was easing up and people were leaving their houses.
• They have provided valuable economic aid to ease the transition to a market economy.
• This medicine should help ease the pain.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they ease
• he / she / it eases
• past simple eased
• past participle eased
• -ing form easing

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere. The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun.