Advertisement
Advertisement
relieve
[ ri-leev ]
verb (used with object)
- to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
- to free from need, poverty, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).
Synonyms: , , ,
- to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.
- to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress):
to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls.
- to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of:
curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.
- to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.
- to release (one on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.
- Machinery.
- to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum.
- to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.
- Baseball. to replace (a pitcher).
verb (used without object)
- Baseball. to act as a relief pitcher:
He relieved in 52 games for the Pirates last season.
relieve
/ ɪˈː /
verb
- to bring alleviation of (pain, distress, etc) to (someone)
- to bring aid or assistance to (someone in need, a disaster area, etc)
- to take over the duties or watch of (someone)
- to bring aid or a relieving force to (a besieged town, city, etc)
- to free (someone) from an obligation
- to make (something) less unpleasant, arduous, or monotonous
- to bring into relief or prominence, as by contrast
- informal.foll by of to take from
the thief relieved him of his watch
- relieve oneselfto urinate or defecate
Derived Forms
- ˈ𱹲, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ··· [ri-, lee, -vid-lee], adverb
- ԴDzr·iԲ adjective
- ܲȴ-·𱹱 adjective
- un·a· adjective
- ܲr·𱹱 adjective
- ܲr·Ļ· adverb
- ܲr·iԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of relieve1
Idioms and Phrases
- to relieve oneself, to urinate or defecate.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Following the court hearing I feel relieved and a massive weight has lifted from my shoulders," said Miss Robinson.
"I was a bit nervous to be fair, just so relieved it went in. Matz saved two penalties and I just knew I had to capitalise and send us to Wembley," Yates said.
Speaking on the steps outside court where she was surrounded by supporters, Warner said she was "so relieved" to have avoided prison and described her sentencing as "fair".
On Thursday Ms Sturgeon said she was "relieved" and felt "a bit of vindication" after police confirmed she will face no further action in their long-running investigation into the SNP's finances - called Operation Branchform.
But that’s why, as principle, the First Amendment needs only 45 words to uncomplicate things and relieve the burden of adjudicating content parameters.
Advertisement
Related yvlogs
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse