n.
easing of pain, of a burden
1) to bring; give ~
2) to express; feel ~
3) to find; receive; seek ~ (they found ~ in looking at their son's photographs)
4) great, immense; instant; permanent; temporary ~
5) ( esp. BE ) tax ~
6) ~ from (the rain brought instant ~ from the heat)
7) ~ to (the news was a great ~ to us)
8) a ~ to + inf. (it was a ~ to get home)
9) ~ that + clause (they expressed ~ that the crisis was over)
10) to smb.'s ~ (to my ~ they got there safely)
welfare, government aid
( esp. AE ; obsol. )
11) on ~ (in the 1930s they were on ~)
comic scenes
12) comic; mock ~
differences in height
13) in ~ (to show terrain in ~)
sharpness of outline
14) in bold ~ against (a light background)