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# relieve

«relieve» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make it less or take it away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (relieve, relieves, relieved, relieving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To relieve pain, worry or a problem means to make it less or take it away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#m1)

2) To relieve someone means to take over their job or duty so they can rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#m2)

3) (euphemism) To relieve yourself means to go to the toilet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#m3)

4) (formal) To relieve someone of something means to take it from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health: medicine relieves pain; ice relieves swelling. In everyday life: guards relieve each other. In stories and humour: "relieved him of his wallet" means stole it. Phrases: relieve pain, relieve stress, relieve yourself, relieved to hear.

### examples

- This cream will relieve the itching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x1)
- A walk can relieve stress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x2)
- The night nurse relieved the day nurse at eight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x3)
- The dog went outside to relieve itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x4)
- The waiter relieved me of my heavy coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x5)
- I was relieved to hear that my cat was safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x6)
- I would gladly try any remedy that may relieve my pain.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relieve/#x7)

### note

Spelling: "i before e" — relieve, relief. Noun: relief. Adjective: relieved (feeling better after worry). "Relieve yourself" is a polite way to say go to the toilet.

### In the corpora

- ["Relieve oneself" is a polite way to say urinate or poo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/8-toilets-and-getting-older/9/)
- [Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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