EASE

v. make easier; calm, soothe; free, release (from pain, etc.); loosen

n. comfort; calm; lack of difficulty; easy manner

Ease may refer to:Ease (programming language)EASE/ACCESS, an experiment which flew on the Space Shuttle in 1885Methylone, a substitute for the drug ecstacy, marketed briefly in New Zealand under the brand name EaseAt Ease may refer to:At Ease, a desktop environment for Macintosh computers"At ease" (U.S.) or "Stand at ease" (UK) is a military parade command.
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The Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA and the Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures, or EASE/ACCESS, were a pair of Space Shuttle flight experiments which were performed on STS-61-B, on November 29 and December 1, 1985. The purpose of the experiments was to study how quickly astronauts would become proficient at assembling space structures during extravehicular activity, and how quickly they would become fatigued, and to explore various construction and maintenance techniques. In particular, researchers studied the applied moments arising in the manual assembly of a large space structure.
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Noun
1. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"
(synonym) easiness, simplicity
(antonym) difficulty, difficultness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) effortlessness
(attribute) easy
2. 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) comfort
(hypernym) affluence, richness
(hyponym) lap of luxury
3. 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) relief
(hypernym) comfort, comfortableness
(hyponym) reprieve, respite
(derivation) still, allay, relieve
4. freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"
(synonym) informality
(hypernym) naturalness
5. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
(synonym) rest, repose, relaxation
(hypernym) inactivity
(hyponym) bedrest, bed rest
Verb
1. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(see-also) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
2. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
(synonym) comfort
(hypernym) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
(derivation) easing, easement, alleviation, relief
3. make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
(synonym) facilitate, alleviate
(hypernym) help, assist, aid
(derivation) easing, moderation, relief
4. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
(synonym) still, allay, relieve
(hypernym) comfort, soothe, console, solace
(hyponym) abreact
(derivation) relief

(n.)
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
  

(n.)
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
  

(n.)
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
  

(n.)
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
  

(n.)
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
  

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, zenith-steven@yale.edu Yale U TR-809, Jul 1990.