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# ease

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

«ease» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ease means with no difficulty: doing something easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m1)
2. Ease means a calm, relaxed, comfortable feeling. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m3)
4. To ease something is to move it slowly and carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x1)
- The kind teacher put the new boy at ease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x2)
- The medicine eased the pain in my knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x3)
- He eased the door open so it wouldn't creak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x4)
- The rain eased off in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x5)
- Ease up, you're pulling too hard! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x6)
- I feel at ease with my best friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/#x7)
- "It might ease your heart a little," she said. [tree →](https://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 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ease/#x1)
- And I will walk at ease, for I have sought Thy precepts; (Writings PSA.119.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ease/#x2)
- When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint'; (Writings JOB.7.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ease/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ease.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ease» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ease.html) on Mova free.