1. Reduce pressure or intensity
   "The rain finally eased up in the afternoon";
   - ease off, let up
    
2. Become less intense
   "The wind eased up as the storm passed";
   - ease off, slacken off, flag
    
3. Move in order to make room for someone or something
   "'ease up,' he told the crowd";
   - move over, give way, give, yield

Derived forms: eases up, eased up, easing up

See also: move

Type of: alter, change, come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, modify, move, sink