Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light current of air; a gentle wind.
- noun Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
- noun Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.
- intransitive verb To move quickly, smoothly, or easily.
- intransitive verb To progress swiftly or easily.
- noun The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gadfly; a horse-fly; specifically, one of certain strongbodied dipterous insects of the family Tabanidœ.
- To buzz.
- noun A moderately brisk wind; a movement of air not so strong as a gale: as, a refreshing breeze; a stiff breeze at sea.
- noun A noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a row.
- To blow gently.
- noun In electrotherapy, a discharge of high tension electricity from a pointed or brush electrode, causing a sensation as of a spray falling on the skin.
- noun House-sweepings, as fluff, dust, ashes, etc.
- noun The material sifted out from house-ashes, extensively used in burning bricks; cinders.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
- noun (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
- noun A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
- noun colloq. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- noun a wind blowing from the land, generally at night.
- noun a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.
- intransitive verb rare To blow gently.
- intransitive verb (Naut.) to blow with increasing freshness.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fly of various species, of the family
Tabanidæ , noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their blood; -- called alsohorsefly , andgadfly . They are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different species of botflies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
gadfly ; ahorsefly . - noun A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
- verb intransitive To
buzz . - noun meteorology A
gentle tomoderate wind . - noun Any activity that is
easy , nottesting ordifficult . - noun cricket Wind blowing across a
cricket match ,whatever itsstrength . - noun Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- verb To move casually, in a carefree manner.
- verb weather To
blow gently. - verb To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to proceed quickly and easily
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
- verb blow gently and lightly
- noun a slight wind (usually refreshing)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze is our flag, the glorious and supreme emblem, the banner of our liberty, and we will never give it up until the last Canadian who could carry a gun is dead.
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Fresh breeze from the ocean here in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico -- 75 degrees at 8: 30 a.m. XOXO
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Tomorrow Night: A light but steady breeze from the southwest keeps temperatures warmer than tonight.
Forecast: Autumn blows back into town Camden Walker 2010
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Highs reach the upper 60s to near 70 under partly sunny skies and with a decent breeze from the west.
Forecast: Some a.m. rain south, sunnier tomorrow Dan Stillman 2010
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Autumn further asserts itself with a stiff breeze from the northwest, in the 15-25 mph range with gusts to near 30 mph.
Forecast: Autumn blows back into town Camden Walker 2010
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These things and more call down the mountain breeze for the right person at the right time.
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The sight of lively girls clad in beautiful Korean clothes playing it gaily by fluttering the hem of their skirts in the breeze is really beautiful.
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The night breeze is gently wafting through the linen curtains in the temple resting at the apex of the ziggurat.
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“When I hear your stories, Master Sook, I feel the mountain breeze on my face.”
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Sarah Palin continued her book promo tour this morning with a stop at Good Morning America where she and two of her daughters got to enjoy the gentle breeze from the softballs Barbara Walters lobbed at them.
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hernesheir commented on the word breeze
Wind, horsefly, house-sweepings, argument. You pick.
October 1, 2011
yarb commented on the word breeze
I'll have the house-sweepings please, waiter.
October 1, 2011