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Ease Eased I Unpleasant Reduced Degree Speed Intensity

query
If something unpleasant e____ or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity .If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity .
Tensions had eased.
The heavily falling snow had eased.
I gave him some brandy to ease the pain.
...editorials calling for the easing of sanctions.
word ease
full-definition
noun
If you talk about the ease of a particular activity, you are referring to the way that it has been made easier to do, or to the fact that it is already easy to do.
For ease of reference, only the relevant extracts of the regulations are included.
...the camera's ease of use in manual mode.
Ease is the state of being very comfortable and able to live as you want, without any worries or problems .
She lived a life of ease.
verb
If something unpleasant eases or if you ease it, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity .
Tensions had eased.
The heavily falling snow had eased.
I gave him some brandy to ease the pain.
...editorials calling for the easing of sanctions.
If you ease your way somewhere or ease somewhere, you move there slowly, carefully, and gently. If you ease something somewhere, you move it there slowly, carefully, and gently.
I eased my way towards the door.
She eased back into the chair and nodded.
He eased his foot off the accelerator.
Leaphorn eased himself silently upward.
I eased open the door.
inflections easeseasingeased
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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