reliever

«reliever» in Mova's school dictionary: something that takes away or eases pain or trouble, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a reliever, relievers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A reliever is something that takes away or eases pain or trouble, like a pain reliever (a medicine). tree →

2) An inhaler that quickly helps a person with asthma breathe, often blue. tree →

3) In baseball and cricket, a player who comes on to take over from another. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in health and safety: pain relievers are medicines; only take them when an adult gives them. Children with asthma carry a reliever inhaler, often to school and PE. Phrases: "pain reliever", "stress reliever", "reliever inhaler".

examples

• Mum gave me a pain reliever for my headache. tree →
• Take your reliever inhaler to PE. tree →
• A blue inhaler is usually a reliever. tree →
• Squeezing a ball is a good stress reliever. tree →
• The reliever pitcher came in to finish the game. tree →
• Never take a pain reliever without asking an adult. tree →

note

Countable. From the verb "relieve" (to make pain or worry less); noun "relief". Spelling: "ie" in reliever. A "preventer" inhaler is different and is taken every day.

In the corpora

• Asthma narrows the tubes that carry air into the lungs, so breathing is hard and wheezy; a reliever inhaler opens them again.
• In an asthma attack, sit the person up, help them use their reliever inhaler and fetch an adult.
• The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes, like loosening a tight belt round the airways.
• The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it.
• UK schools can keep emergency reliever inhalers for children known to have asthma.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reliever» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.