(n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
(n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
(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.) 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 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 entertain; to furnish with accommodations.
Example Sentences:
(1) Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, recently proposed a bill that would ease the financial burden of prescription drugs on elderly Americans by allowing Medicare, the national social health insurance program, to negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down.
(2) Gains in gait pattern, ease of bracing, and reduced pelvic obliquity were noted.
(3) "Runners, for instance, need a high level of running economy, which comes from skill acquisition and putting in the miles," says Scrivener, "But they could effectively ease off the long runs and reduce the overall mileage by introducing Tabata training.
(4) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.
(5) It was the ease with which minor debt could slide into a tangle of hunger and despair.
(6) The particular advantage of the method described here is the ease with which the supernatants can be collected and transferred to counting vials with minimal handling of radioactive samples.
(7) What about the "credit easing" George Osborne announced in his conference speech?
(8) The dried-specimen-teasing method appears useful, because of the ease of preparation of the specimens, its reproducibility, and the degree of visibility and preservation of cell surface structures and intraclonal relationships.
(9) A modification of a previously described curved ruler, the current model has a hinge for greater ease of maneuverability and a "T" piece on one end to facilitate measurement and marking of both poles of the muscle without repositioning the ruler.
(10) By easing these huge flows of hundreds of billions across borders, the single currency played a material role in causing the continent's crisis.
(11) They had been pinning their hopes on Alan Johnson who has, in their eyes, the natural authority and ease of manner which Miliband has struggled to develop.
(12) Ease of use has meant that a greater number of patients with superficial burns can be treated as outpatients and many are able to do their own daily dressing change, so fewer attendances at the clinic are needed.
(13) The participants strongly preferred the experimental leaflets to the approved leaflets, both with respect to accessibility of the contents (overall preference 78.1% v 17.8%) and ease of understanding the contraindications of drug use (90.2% v 73.7%).
(14) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(15) This article describes the development of REHAB, a behavior rating scale for use with people with chronic psychiatric disability, which has been carefully designed with respect to content, format, and ease of use.
(16) This modification allows for precision of movement, ease of repositioning, and adaptation of rigid skeletal stabilization of mobilized osseous segments in the chin.
(17) There is never any chink in her composure – any hint of tension – and while I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so at ease with one's world, I don't think she is faking it.
(18) Clinical open trials of beta-methyldigoxin were carried out in 15 institutions in order to examine the effect, usefulness and ease of its oral administration.
(19) The ease of use of this form of DRB typing is emphasized and potential complications are discussed.
(20) He has some suggestions for what might be done, including easing changing the planning laws to free up parts of the green belt, financial incentives to persuade local authorities to build, and the replacement of the council tax and stamp duty land tax with a new local property tax with automatic annual revaluations.
Repose
Definition:
(v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
(v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
(v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
(v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.
(v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
(v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
(v.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
(v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
(v.) A rest; a pause.
(v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
Example Sentences:
(1) The restless legs syndrome is a sensory and motor disorder of evening, repose, and sleep.
(2) Comparison of posterior airway space was evaluated radiographically on patients with sleep apnea in a mandibular reposed position vs. a mandibular protruded position.
(3) The assumption, that different hormones or peptide fragments are reposible for the different action on bone and kidney is discussed; In our series of 152 patients acute hyperparathyroid crisis occurred eight times.
(4) The dynamic angle of repose of six lots of a multivitamin preparation were compared for inter- and intralot variation.
(5) The flow properties of these substances including angle of repose, timed delivery through an orifice and compressibility were determined.
(6) In the multivitamin formulation, lubricants at lower concentration levels did not show a significant effect (p greater than 0.05) on the dynamic angle of repose when compared with flow rates.
(7) Interviewed about the cuts and the economic outlook on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 on Sunday , Osborne looked grim and statesmanlike in repose – he has grown fleshier in office – but every time he began to speak his dimpled mouth formed a half-smile and his quick eyes were almost merry.
(8) An alimentary prophylaxis of atherosclerosis should repose on the utilization of food mixtures representing complexes of the antioxidants of the direct and indirect action and trace elements entering the composition of the antiperoxidized enzymes.
(9) The fracture is exposed by a minimal incision, and both fragments are bored open axially and exactly reposed.
(10) The photographs were taken with lips in repose, relaxed soft tissue and centric occlusion.
(11) Believe me when I tell you that Trumpers, whose face is quite intimidating in repose, has one of the best and most gratifying smiles I've ever encountered.
(12) A gentle traction is often sufficient to repose unstable lesions of the cervical spine, when a retention by means of conservative methods is not possible.
(13) We know how profoundly significant and sensitive this matter is to victims’ families, especially those whose loved ones have yet to be identified,” the museum’s management says in a section about the repository on its website, adding that the medical examiner’s office believes “this new repository will provide a dignified and reverential setting for the remains to repose – temporarily or in perpetuity – as identifications continue to be made.” The city officials said that they consulted with some victims’ relatives before going ahead with the plan.
(14) Their main applications include: 1) augmentation of a regional deficiency and preparation of a bed for skin grafting; 2) rehabilitation of the paralyzed face and so improved appearance in repose and animation; 3) protection for vital vascular structures such as the carotid or innominate artery; and 4) assistance in mastication and deglutition when transposed to a paralytic or deficient area.
(15) In repose, his expression tends towards the frightening.
(16) Resulting deformities consisted of chin ptosis and bizarre soft-tissue pogonial bunching and dimpling in repose or on animation in 9 of the 10 patients (90 percent).
(17) Yet at the same time she is likely to discover her delight in her baby's repose and her own tranquillity at times of feeding.
(18) Part of Obama's problem is his repose face which is serious and nods along with Romney (seeming to accede points) whereas Romney in repose consists of an indulgent smile which suggests he knows best.
(19) The manifest screen is shown to be part of the dream work to achieve pleasurable repose conducive to continued sleep; disturbing traumatic narcissistic injuries revisited under its shield are sometimes reworked in extravagant megalomanic efforts at repair.
(20) A--A natural hydrostatic phenomenon, at the level of the ends of the plantar arcs, diffuses body weight, as PAIN plays the role of outsentry (fig.--1) (5); B--Plantar perforating ulceration (PPU) is caused by a combination of INSENSITIVITY and TRAUMATIS (1); C--The patient reposing, as body weight (traumatism) effects disappear, cicatrization process can be easily observed; D--PNEUMATIC INSOLE, being elastic, diffuses localized compression at the ends of the plantar arcs, reduces attrition, makes easier blood circulation, as well as cure and prophylaxis of PPU (fig.--6) (3).