easing
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]easing
- present participle and gerund of ease
Noun
[edit]easing (plural easings)
- The act by which something is eased.
- 1947 September and October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 320:
- Moreover, apart from official restrictions, drivers do not a little easing of their engines on their own account, where they consider that the feel of the track makes this desirable; and they can hardly be blamed in consequence. It is better to be safe than sorry.
- 1978, Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window:
- Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.