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# reliever

noun (a reliever, relievers)

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

## Everyday

1. A reliever is something that takes away or eases pain or trouble, like a pain reliever (a medicine). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#m1)
2. An inhaler that quickly helps a person with asthma breathe, often blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#m2)
3. In baseball and cricket, a player who comes on to take over from another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in health and safety: pain relievers are medicines; only take them when an adult gives them. Children with asthma carry a reliever inhaler, often to school and PE. Phrases: "pain reliever", "stress reliever", "reliever inhaler".

### Examples

- Mum gave me a pain reliever for my headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x1)
- Take your reliever inhaler to PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x2)
- A blue inhaler is usually a reliever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x3)
- Squeezing a ball is a good stress reliever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x4)
- The reliever pitcher came in to finish the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x5)
- Never take a pain reliever without asking an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reliever/#x6)

### Note

Countable. From the verb "relieve" (to make pain or worry less); noun "relief". Spelling: "ie" in reliever. A "preventer" inhaler is different and is taken every day.

## On Mova

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