Found 2 items, similar to breeze.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: breeze
breeze
v 1: blow gently and lightly;
“It breezes most evenings at the
shore”
2: to proceed quickly and easily
breeze
n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing);
“the breeze was cooled
by the lake”;
“as he waited he could feel the air on his
neck” [syn:
zephyr,
gentle wind,
air]
2: any undertaking that is easy to do;
“marketing this product
will be no picnic” [syn:
cinch,
picnic,
snap,
duck soup
,
child's play,
pushover,
walkover,
piece of cake
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Breeze
Breeze
\Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
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Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
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2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
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Land breeze, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
night.
Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
daytime, from the sea.
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Breeze
\Breeze\, Breeze fly
\Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
to roar, rush.] (Zo["o]l.)
A fly of various species, of the family
Tabanid[ae], noted
for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
their blood; -- called also
horsefly, and
gadfly. They
are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
also
breese and
brize.]
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Breeze
\Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
Brasier.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
charcoal.
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2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
in the burning of bricks.
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Breeze
\Breeze\, v. i.
To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
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To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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