ease

Everyday

1. Ease means with no difficulty: doing something easily. tree →
2. Ease means a calm, relaxed, comfortable feeling. tree →
3. To ease is to make pain, worry or a problem less. tree →
4. To ease something is to move it slowly and carefully. tree →

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 →
• The kind teacher put the new boy at ease. tree →
• The medicine eased the pain in my knee. tree →
• He eased the door open so it wouldn't creak. tree →
• The rain eased off in the afternoon. tree →
• Ease up, you're pulling too hard! tree →
• I feel at ease with my best friend. tree →
• "It might ease your heart a little," she said. tree →

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 Jewish tradition

Calm and comfort; sometimes it means a false and proud peace. In the primary 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

• One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet; (Writings JOB.21.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will walk at ease, for I have sought Thy precepts; (Writings PSA.119.45, JPS 1917) tree →
• When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint'; (Writings JOB.7.13, JPS 1917) tree →

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.