relieve+of+a+load
1relieve — [v1] make less painful; let up on abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull, ease, free, interrupt, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet,… …
2load — [n1] cargo, freight amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight; concepts 338,432 load [n2] burden, pressure… …
3relieve — relievable, adj. relievedly /ri lee vid lee/, adv. /ri leev /, v., relieved, relieving. v.t. 1. to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.). 2. to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc. 3. to fr …
4relieve — re•lieve [[t]rɪˈliv[/t]] v. lieved, liev•ing 1) to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.); mitigate; allay 2) to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc 3) to free from need or poverty 4) to bring effective aid to (a besieged town,… …
5relieve — verb 1) this helps relieve pain Syn: alleviate, mitigate, assuage, ease, dull, reduce, lessen, diminish See note at alleviate Ant: aggravate 2) …
6relieve — verb 1) this helps relieve pain Syn: alleviate, mitigate, ease, counteract, dull, reduce 2) the helpers relieved us Syn: replace, take over from, stand in for, fill in for, substitu …
7relieve — Synonyms and related words: abate, abet, abridge, absolve, act for, aid, allay, alleviate, alternate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, assure, avail, bail out, be light, bear a hand, bear up, befriend, benefit, benumb, bereave, bleed, break …
8discharge — I. v. a. 1. Unload, disburden, unburden, relieve of a load. 2. Emit, expel, excrete, eject, void, throw off, send out, give forth. 3. Set off, fire off, let fly, give vent to, shoot, fire. 4. Pay, liquidate, cash. 5. Release, absolve, exonerate,… …
9Disburthen — Dis*bur then, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disburthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disburthening}.] [Cf. {Disburden}.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …
10Disburthened — Disburthen Dis*bur then, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disburthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disburthening}.] [Cf. {Disburden}.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …
