relieve
🇺🇸
/rɪˈliːv/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈliːv/
verb
B2
to make a bad feeling or pain go away
The medicine helped relieve her headache.
C1
to make a problem less bad
More aid is needed to relieve the suffering of the people.
R
to make something less boring by doing something else
We sang songs to relieve the monotony of the long drive.
R
to take over someone's job when their time is up
The night nurse will relieve you at midnight.
R
to free a place from enemy forces
The army worked to relieve the besieged city.
R
to go to the toilet
He needed to relieve himself after drinking so much water.
translation
to make a bad feeling or pain go away; to make a problem less bad; to make something less boring by doing something else; to take over someone's job when their time is up; to free a place from enemy forces; to go to the toilet
Word Forms
3rd Present
relieves
Past
relieved
Perfect
relieved
Progressive
relieving