Breeze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A light current of air; a gentle wind.
  • n. Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale.
  • n. Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.
  • verb-intransitive. To blow lightly.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To progress swiftly and effortlessly: We breezed through the test.
  • verb-intransitive. To sprint around a racetrack as a means of exercise. Used of a racehorse.
  • idiom. shoot the breeze Slang To engage in idle conversation.
  • n. The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A gadfly; a horsefly.
  • n. A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
  • v. To buzz.
  • n. A gentle to moderate wind.
  • n. Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
  • n. Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
  • n. Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
  • v. To move casually, in a carefree manner.
  • v. To blow gently.
  • v. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
  • n. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
  • n. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
  • n. Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
  • verb-intransitive. To blow gently.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A gadfly; a horse-fly; specifically, one of certain strongbodied dipterous insects of the family Tabanidœ.
  • To buzz.
  • n. A moderately brisk wind; a movement of air not so strong as a gale: as, a refreshing breeze; a stiff breeze at sea.
  • n. A noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a row.
  • To blow gently.
  • n. House-sweepings, as fluff, dust, ashes, etc.
  • n. The material sifted out from house-ashes, extensively used in burning bricks; cinders.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to proceed quickly and easily
  • n. any undertaking that is easy to do
  • v. blow gently and lightly
  • n. a slight wind (usually refreshing)
  • Equivalent
    breeze fly   
    Verb Form
    breezed    breezes    breezing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go    blow   
    Variant
    horsefly    gadfly    breese    brize   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disturbance    quarrel    wind   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abdulaziz    Annamese    Aziz    Balinese    Beas    Belize    Bes    Burmese    Cadiz    Cantonese   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wind    gale    rain    sunshine    mist    weather    warmth    breath    tide    chill