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easing 音標拼音: ['izɪŋ] ease的現在分詞 ease的現在分詞 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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