helpottaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- facilitate verb To make a process easier or help it happen more smoothly.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- loosen verb To make something less tight, or to become less tight.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- stanch adj An archaic spelling of staunch.
Senses
helpottaa is used for these senses in English:
- alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- ease (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
- ease (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- ease (intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
- lift (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- loosen (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- make short work of (transitive, idiomatic) To do (a task) quicker or easier.
- mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
ease — full definition
- noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- noun A relaxed state, free from worry, pain, or awkwardness.
- verb To make something less difficult, painful, or intense.
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