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Noun ease has 5 senses
  1. ease, easiness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"
    --1 is a kind of quality
    Antonyms: difficulty, difficultness
    --1 has particulars: effortlessness
  2. ease, comfort - 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"
    --2 is a kind of affluence, richness
    --2 has particulars: lap of luxury
  3. relief, ease - 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"
    --3 is a kind of comfort, comfortableness
    --3 has particulars: reprieve, respite
    Derived form: verb ease4
  4. ease, informality - freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"
    --4 is a kind of naturalness
  5. rest, ease, repose, relaxation - freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
    --5 is a kind of inactivity
    --5 has particulars:
     bedrest, bed rest; lie-in; quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping; leisure
,Verb ease has 4 senses
  1. ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
    --1 is one way to     travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. comfort, ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
    --2 is one way to relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
    Derived forms: noun easement2, noun easing2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. facilitate, ease, alleviate - make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
    --3 is one way to help, assist, aid
    Derived form: noun easing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. still, allay, relieve, ease - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
    --4 is one way to comfort, soothe, console, solace
    Derived forms: noun ease3, noun easement2
    Sample sentence:
    The good news will ease her
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