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# ease

«ease» in Mova's school dictionary: **with no difficulty: doing something easily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ease; uncountable); verb (ease, eases, eased, easing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ease means with no difficulty: doing something easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m1)

2) Ease means a calm, relaxed, comfortable feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m2)

3) To ease is to make pain, worry or a problem less. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m3)

4) To ease something is to move it slowly and carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories: «at ease» means relaxed; «with ease» means easily; a medicine eases pain; you ease a splinter out. In PE and the army, «stand at ease» is a position. Phrases: «with ease», «at ease», «put someone at ease», «ease off», «ease up».

### examples

- She won the race with ease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x1)
- The kind teacher put the new boy at ease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x2)
- The medicine eased the pain in my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x3)
- He eased the door open so it wouldn't creak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x4)
- The rain eased off in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x5)
- Ease up, you're pulling too hard! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x6)
- I feel at ease with my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x7)
- "It might ease your heart a little," she said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x8)

### note

Noun is uncountable. From it: «easy», «easily», «uneasy». «Ill at ease» means uncomfortable or nervous. In a maths problem, «with ease» says nothing about numbers; «ease off» can mean the amount got smaller.

### In the corpora

- [Dad takes an antacid tablet for heartburn: the alkali in it cancels some stomach acid and the burning eases.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/16-alkalis-and-soda/4/)
- [Confession can ease a guilty heart, but the person you blamed still needs your sorry and the truth told.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/344-putting-the-blame-on-someone-else/17/)
- [Confession can ease guilt about teasing, but the sorry to the person teased is still needed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/23/)
- [Doctors save many lives and ease pain, but no doctor can stop everyone from dying one day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/16/)
- [Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.669/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ease» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.