| breeze | (n) a slight wind (usually refreshing), Syn. zephyr, air, gentle wind, Example: the breeze was cooled by the lake; as he waited he could feel the air on his neck | | breeze | (v) blow gently and lightly, Example: It breezes most evenings at the shore | | breeze | (v) to proceed quickly and easily, See also: breeze through | | breeze through | (v) succeed at easily, Syn. sweep through, pass with flying colors, nail, ace, sail through, Example: She sailed through her exams; You will pass with flying colors; She nailed her astrophysics course | | breezily | (adv) in a breezy manner, Example: he swings breezily into the title song | | breeziness | (n) a mildly windy state of the air, Syn. windiness | | breeziness | (n) a breezy liveliness, Syn. jauntiness, Example: a delightful breeziness of manner | | breezy | (adj) fresh and animated, Example: her breezy nature |
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| Breeze | v. i. To blow gently. [ R. ] J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]
To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | 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 | 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 fly | /mhw>, n. [ OE. brese, AS. briósa; 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. ] (Zool.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, 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 ] Variants: Breeze | | Breezeless | a. Motionless; destitute of breezes. [ 1913 Webster ] A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Breeziness | n. State of being breezy. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Breezy | a. 1. Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. “A breezy day in May.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] 'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fresh; brisk; full of life. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
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