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. [1913 Webster] Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.] 1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks. [1913 Webster] Breeze \Breeze\, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow. [1913 Webster] To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness. [1913 Webster]