Synonyms for easing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : eez

Phonetic Transcription : iz

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Définition of easing

Origin : c.1300, "to help, assist," see ease (n.). Meaning "to give ease" is from mid-14c.; the sense of "to relax one's efforts" is from 1863. Farmer reports ease in a slang sense of "to content a woman" sexually, with an 1861 date. Related: Eased; easing.

verb alleviate, help
verb guide, move carefully

Example sentences :

This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

For the easing of his soul, he asked me to pay the money to you as I passed.'
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

They caught the Indian carriers, who were just easing their loads under the walls.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

While doing it, too, with the purpose of easing and serving her.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I am easing my mind, I must speak out, since I have found strength enough to do so.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

He leaned over and patted her shoulder, easing her of his weight like a jockey.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

"It really doesn't matter," she replied in hope of easing his mind.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

There was but little they could do for them beyond dressing their wounds and easing their pain.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

Are you easing the load, Of overtaxed lifters, who toil down the road?
Extract from : « Custer, and Other Poems. » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"He no dead," Jim said, lifting the sawbuck and easing it on his shoulder.
Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson

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