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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce pressure or intensity

Example:

he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down

Synonyms:

ease off; ease up; let up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ease up" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become less intense

Synonyms:

ease off; ease up; flag; slacken off

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ease up" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move in order to make room for someone for something

Example:

'Move over,' he told the crowd

Synonyms:

ease up; give; give way; move over; yield

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "ease up" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

abandon; give up (stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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