ease (verb)
71brush aside — verb a) To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant. He brushed aside all my objections and went ahead with the project, regardless. b) To defeat with ease …
72unpaunch — verb To eviscerate, disembowel (an animal). The armie which the Emperor Bajareth had sent into Russia, was overwhelmed by so horrible a tempest of snow, that to find some shelter, and to save themselves from the extremitie of the cold, many… …
73unbend — verb a) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. He spent the afternoon shaping a swagger stick from the branch of jarrah and talking with Miss La Rue, who had sufficiently unbent toward him to… …
74loll — verb to act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw ones self down; to lie at ease Syn: slack, relax …
75call off the dogs — verb a) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment. Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56 0. b) During a one sided sports contest, to remove the first string unit …
76alleviate — verb To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty. Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day. Syn: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease …
77grind out — verb To produce something with ease, as if it is a chore. Syn: churn out …
78cruise — verb 1》 sail, travel, or move slowly around without a precise destination, especially for pleasure. ↘travel smoothly at a moderate or economical speed. 2》 achieve an objective with ease: Millwall cruised to a 2–0 win. 3》 informal wander about …
79preprogram — verb [usu. as adjective preprogrammed] program in advance for ease of use …
80put — verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put) 1》 move to or place in a particular position. 2》 bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease. ↘express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really… …
