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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREEZE, n. A genus of flies or insects, technically called Tabanus. There are many species,but the most noted is the bovinus, great horsefly, whose mouth is armed with two hooks which penetrate the skin of an animal, while with a proboscis, like a sting, it sucks the blood.
BREEZE, n. [Gr. to boil.]
1. A light wind; a gentle gale.
From land a gentle breeze arose at night.
2. A shifting wind, that blows from the sea or from the land, for a certain time, by night or by day. Such breezes are common in the tropical regions, and in a good degree regular. The wind from the sea is called a sea breeze, and that from the land, a land breeze. In general, the sea breeze blows in the day time, and the land breeze at night. The like breezes are common, in the summer months, in the temperate latitudes.
BREEZE, v.i. To blow gently; a word common among seamen.
For now the breathing airs, from ocean born,
Breeze up the bay, and lead the lively morn.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air]
2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake] v
1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore"
2: to proceed quickly and easily

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably from Spanish brisa northeast wind Date: 1626 1. a. a light gentle wind b. a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour 2. something easily done ; cinch • breezeless adjective II. intransitive verb (breezed; breezing) Date: 1907 1. to move swiftly and airily <breezed past the protesters> 2. to make progress quickly and easily <breezed through the exam> <breezed to victory> III. noun Etymology: probably modification of French braise cinders — more at braise Date: 1726 residue from the making of coke or charcoal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a gentle wind. 2 Meteorol. a wind of 4-31 m.p.h. and between force 2 and force 6 on the Beaufort scale. 3 a wind blowing from land at night or sea during the day. 4 esp. Brit. colloq. a quarrel or display of temper. 5 esp. US colloq. an easy task. --v.intr. (foll. by in, out, along, etc.) colloq. come or go in a casual or lighthearted manner. Etymology: prob. f. OSp. & Port. briza NE wind 2. n. small cinders. Phrases and idioms: breeze-block any lightweight building block, esp. one made from breeze mixed with sand and cement. Etymology: F braise live coals 3. n. a gadfly or cleg. Etymology: OE briosa, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breeze Breeze, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow. To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth. 2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breeze Breeze, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.] 1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal. 2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(breezes, breezing, breezed) 1. A breeze is a gentle wind. ...a cool summer breeze. N-COUNT 2. If you breeze into a place or a position, you enter it in a very casual or relaxed manner. Lopez breezed into the quarter-finals of the tournament... 'Are you all right?' Francine asked as she breezed in with the mail. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 3. If you breeze through something such as a game or test, you cope with it easily. John seems to breeze effortlessly through his many commitments at work. VERB: V through n, also V through

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind. 2. (Colloq.) Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.

Moby Thesaurus

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