ease : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ease	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ease n freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" Synonym(s): ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): difficultness, difficulty a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" Synonym(s): ease, comfort the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" Synonym(s): relief, ease freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" Synonym(s): ease, informality freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Synonym(s): rest, ease, repose, relaxation v move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" Synonym(s): comfort, ease make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" Synonym(s): facilitate, ease, alleviate lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" Synonym(s): still, allay, relieve, ease
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.] 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. --Swift. (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. --Luke xii. 19. (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. {At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. [bd]His soul shall dwell at ease.[b8] --Ps. xxv. 12. {Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}. {Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious. {To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks. {With ease}, easily; without much effort. Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility; facility; easiness; readiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; 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 tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind. Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton. Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. --Dryden. 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13. 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. 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ease General purpose parallel programming language, combining the process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures of Linda. "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the Language", S.E. Zenith, Yale U TR-809, Jul 1990.