ease

/iːz/ verb

Definition

› [I, T] to become less severe, or to make something become less severe: The new road should ease traffic problems in the village. The pain eased after a few minutes.

ease sb/sth back/out/up, etc › to move someone or something gradually and gently to another position: [often reflexive] Tom eased himself back in his chair.

(Definition of ease verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)