ease: signification et définitions

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation: Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.

Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent ease.

Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility: a pianist who played the sonata with ease.

Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence: a life of luxury and ease.

A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure: He took his ease by the pond.

To free from pain, worry, or agitation: eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.

To lessen the discomfort or pain of: shifted position to ease her back.

To alleviate; assuage: prescribed a drug to ease the pain.

To give respite from: eased the staff's burden by hiring more people.

To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen: ease off a cable.

To reduce the difficulty or trouble of: eased the entrance requirements.

To move or maneuver slowly and carefully: eased the car into a narrow space; eased the director out of office.

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress: pain that never eased.

To move or proceed with little effort: eased through life doing as little as possible.

at ease In a relaxed position, especially standing silently at rest with the right foot stationary: put the soldiers at ease while waiting for inspection.

at ease Used as a command for troops to assume a relaxed position.