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easing 音标拼音: ['izɪŋ] ease的现在分词 ease的现在分词 easing n 1: a change for the better [synonym: {easing}, {moderation}, {relief}] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [synonym: {easing}, {easement}, {alleviation}, {relief}] Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased} ([=e]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind. [1913 Webster] Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. [1913 Webster] My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. [1913 Webster] 3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery. [1913 Webster] 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually. {To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. {To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify. [1913 Webster] easing \easing\ n. 1. a change for the better. Syn: moderation, relief. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain. Syn: alleviation, relief. [WordNet 1.5] 105 Moby Thesaurus words for "easing":
abatement, abating, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, assuagement, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, calming, cathartic, chastening, clarification, cleansing, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminishing, diminishment, diminution, disburdening, disencumbering, disencumberment, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, emollient, expediting, expedition, facilitation, falling-off, hastening, hushing, laxation, leniency, lenitive, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, mellowing, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, modulation, mollification, mollifying, numbing, pacification, padding, pain-killing, palliation, palliative, purgative, quickening, quietening, quieting, reducing, reduction, relaxation, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy, remission, salving, simplification, simplifying, slackening, smoothing, softening, softening-up, soothing, speeding, streamlining, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing
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