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Found 6 hits - Term: breeze, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breeze \breeze\, v. i.
   to blow gently. r. --j. barlow.
   1913 webster

   to breeze up naut., to blow with increasing freshness.
      1913 webster
see also:
to breeze up 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breeze \breeze\, breeze fly \breeze" fly`\, n. oe. brese, as.
   bri'osa; 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 tabanidae, 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
see also:
tabanidae horsefly gadfly breese brize 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      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
see also:
land breeze sea breeze 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breeze \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
see also:
brasier 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
breeze
     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: zephyr, gentle wind, air
     2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
        will be no picnic" syn: cinch, 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
see also:
zephyr gentle wind air cinch picnic snap 
duck soup child's play pushover walkover piece of cake 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
125 moby thesaurus words for "breeze":
   air, ball the jack, barrel, blast, blow, blow a hurricane,
   blow great guns, blow over, blow up, blubber, bluster, boom,
   bowl along, breath, breeze along, breeze up, brew, brush, butter,
   carry by storm, cinch, clay, clip, come up, cooling breeze,
   cushion, cut along, dough, down, draught, easy target, easy thing,
   eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, fleet, flit, floss, flue,
   fluff, fly, fly low, foam, foot, freshen, gale, gather,
   gentle wind, go fast, gust, highball, huff, kapok, lead-pipe cinch,
   light air, light breeze, light wind, make knots, moderate breeze,
   nip, nothing, ocean breeze, onshore breeze, outstrip the wind,
   picnic, pie, piece of cake, pillow, pipe, pipe up, plush,
   pour it on, pudding, puff, pushover, putty, rage, rip, romp home,
   rubber, satin, scorch, sea breeze, set in, setup, silk, sinecure,
   sitting duck, sizzle, skim, slide, slip, snap, softblowing wind,
   speed, squall, storm, storm along, swansdown, sweep, take by storm,
   tear, tear along, thistledown, thunder along, velvet, waft,
   walk off with, walk over, waltz, waltz off with, wax, whiff,
   whiffle, whisk, whiz, win going away, win hands down, wind, wool,
   zephyr, zing, zip, zoom





Results 1 - 3 of 3 found about breeze:

Breeze >> B Words
Breeze, definition of term: Breeze
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Sea Breeze >> S Words
Sea Breeze, definition of term: Sea Breeze
sea+breeze_pag1.html

Land Breeze >> L Words
Land Breeze, definition of term: Land Breeze
land+breeze_pag1.html


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