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Definition of Breeze

1. Verb. Blow gently and lightly. "It breezes most evenings at the shore"

2. Noun. A slight wind (usually refreshing). "As he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

3. Verb. To proceed quickly and easily.

4. Noun. Any undertaking that is easy to do. "Marketing this product will be no picnic"

Definition of Breeze

1. n. 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.

2. n. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

3. n. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.

4. v. i. To blow gently.

Definition of Breeze

1. Noun. (meteorology) A gentle to moderate wind. ¹

2. Noun. Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult. ¹

3. Noun. (cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength. ¹

4. Noun. Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker. ¹

5. Verb. (context: usually with ''along'') To move casually, in a carefree manner. ¹

6. Verb. (context: weather) To blow gently. ¹

7. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Breeze

1. to move swiftly [v BREEZED, BREEZING, BREEZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeze

breeding-grounds breeding ground breedings breedism breedist breeds breeks breem breer breered

breering breers brees breese breeses breeze (current term) breeze-block breeze-blocks breeze block breeze fly

breeze through breezeblock breezeblocks breezed breezeflies breezefly breezeless breezelessness breezes breezeway

Literary usage of Breeze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Royal meteorological society (1839)
"The 14th, wind NE. by N. var. and squally ; a strong breeze on the following day from north-east with cloudy sky ; light airs until the 18th, ..."

2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"That made the breeze to blow ! All wretch ! said they, the bird to slay, г Nor dim nor red, ... Twas right, said they, such birds to 1 The fair breeze blew, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"Till: EVENING breeze. JOB, v. 6, 7. BLOW on, blow on, thou soft and evening breeze ! The dim-seen bat around my head is wheeling ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"So long as the sea breeze increases in force so long will it continue to eat ... But meantime, during all the later part of the day, the breeze from the sea ..."

5. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore, Alfred Denis Godley (1910)
"'tis the breeze of twilight calling Gently the night's soft curtains close. Soon o'er a world, in sleep reclining, Earth's weary children to repose; While, ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"Forenoon same, with west breeze. Heavy storm from south and west at 4 PM Rain all the evening, ... Noon and afternoon light, with fresh north-west breeze. ..."

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