♦ ease

♦ ease
♦ ease /i:z/
n. [u]
1 facilità; disinvoltura; agio; comodo; comodità: She won with ease, vinse con facilità; vinse agevolmente; ease of access, facilità di accesso; ease of use, facilità d'uso; comodità d'uso
2 (antiq.) naturalezza (di modi); disinvoltura
3 agio; quiete; tranquillità: ease of mind, tranquillità mentale; at (one's) ease, a proprio agio; He soon put me at my ease, mi ha messo subito a mio agio; ill at ease, a disagio
4 agiatezza; benessere: to lead a life of ease, vivere nell'agiatezza; fare vita agiata
5 (sartoria) ampiezza; ricchezza
● to put sb.'s mind at ease, tranquillizzare q. □ (mil.) (Stand) at ease!, riposo! □ (form.) to take one's ease, riposarsi; rilassarsi.
(to) ease /i:z/
A v. t.
1 alleviare; calmare; lenire; attenuare; allentare; ridurre: to ease a pain, attenuare (o alleviare) un dolore; to ease sb.'s anxiety, alleviare l'ansia di q.; to ease the tension, allentare (o attenuare) la tensione; to ease taxes, allentare la pressione fiscale; to ease the trade deficit, alleviare il deficit della bilancia commerciale
2 alleggerire; facilitare; decongestionare; distendere: to ease traffic, decongestionare il traffico; to ease sb.'s task, facilitare il compito a q.
3 liberare (da un gravame, ecc.); alleggerire (anche scherz.): to ease sb. of a worry, togliere una preoccupazione a q.; The pickpocket eased him of his wallet, il borsaiolo lo ha alleggerito del portafogli
4 muovere (o spostare) con cautela (o delicatamente, adagio): to ease a drawer open, aprire un cassetto senza sforzare; to ease a car into a parking place, infilare adagio un'auto in un posteggio; to ease a nail out of a wall, estrarre delicatamente un chiodo dal muro; He eased himself into the seat, scivolò a sedere; ► to ease away, to ease back, to ease off, to ease out
5 (naut.) allascare; mollare; allentare: to ease a cable, allentare un cavo
6 (sartoria) allargare; dare più agio a
B v. i.
1 attenuarsi; calmarsi; allentarsi; scendere: The tension showed no signs of easing, la tensione non accennava ad allentarsi
2 (di prezzi, quotazioni) scendere; cedere
● (naut.) to ease the helm, levare la barra □ to ease sb. into a job, inserire gradatamente q. in un posto di lavoro □ to ease sb.'s mind, tranquillizzare q. □ (naut.) Ease her!, adagio! (ordine dato ai macchinisti).

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