relieves
Sayri-LEEVZ/ɹɪˈliːvz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of relieve.
A long walk relieves the stress of a busy work week.
The new bypass relieves traffic congestion through the town center.
Note
A form that never stands without an object: every current meaning of relieve is transitive, so something is always relieved. A walk relieves stress, a dose relieves the pain, charity relieves the poor. The spelling simply adds -s to the final -e. Older writing may use it to mean "lifts up" or "raises out of danger," senses now obsolete or archaic. Modern prose keeps it for easing pain, worry or need.
relieves is a form of relieve
relieve, verb: To ease a person or a part of the body from physical pain or discomfort. Full entry
- Spelling
- relieve → relieves: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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