breeze

[ breez ]

/ briz /

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noun

a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.

a wind of 4–31 miles per hour (2–14 meters per second).

Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without difficulty: Finding people to join in the adventure was a breeze.

Chiefly British Informal. a disturbance or quarrel.

verb (used without object), breezed, breez·ing.

(of the wind) to blow a breeze (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It breezed from the west all day.

to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner: She breezed up to the police officer and asked for directions.

Informal. to proceed quickly and easily; move rapidly without intense effort (often followed by along, into, or through): He breezed through the task.The car breezed along the highway.

verb (used with object), breezed, breez·ing.

to cause to move in an easy or effortless manner, especially at less than full speed: The boy breezed the horse around the track.

Verb Phrases

breeze in, Informal.

to win effortlessly: He breezed in with an election plurality of 200,000.
Also breeze into / out. to move or act with a casual or careless attitude: He breezed out without paying attention to anyone.

breeze up, Atlantic States. to become windy.

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Idioms for breeze

shoot / bat the breeze, Slang. to converse aimlessly; chat: We sat around most of the afternoon, just shooting the breeze.

Origin of breeze

First recorded in 1555–65; earlier brize, brise “north or northeast wind”; compare Dutch bries, East Frisian brîse, French brize, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan brisa, Italian brezza; further origin uncertain

synonym study for breeze

1. See wind¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM breeze

breezeless, adjectivebreezelike, adjective

Definition for breeze (2 of 2)

breeze²

[ breez ]

/ briz /

noun

cinders, ash, or dust from coal, coke, or charcoal.

concrete, brick, or cinder block in which such materials form a component.

Origin of breeze

1720–30; variant of dial. brays<French braise live coals, cinders; see braze²

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Example sentences from the Web for breeze

Winds are generally light, but we could see a couple midday northwesterly breezes near 10 to 15 mph.
D.C.-area forecast: Mainly clear skies plus warmer temperatures today and tomorrow|A. Camden Walker|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Morning temperatures in the 60s fall back into the 50s during the afternoon as a cooler breeze picks up from the northwest.
D.C.-area forecast: Flash flood watch issued with more rounds of heavy rain expected into Thursday|Dan Stillman|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Light southerly breezes help mix and clear the atmosphere a little in the late afternoon.
PM Update: Warm, stagnant air continues into tomorrow|A. Camden Walker|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
We’re again comfortable with both humidity and breezes under control.
D.C.-area forecast: Comfortable warmth continues for days under generally sunny skies|A. Camden Walker|November 6, 2020|Washington Post

In Long Beach’s Eastside neighborhood, an American flag hanging from the front porch of the pink, 1940s-era bungalow that Madsen shared with her partner, Deb, barely moved in the fevered breeze.
A Death at Sea on the 'Row of Life'|Andrew Lewis|October 22, 2020|Outside Online
It was thro' the chance, afforded by an hour of breezing sea-scape recreation, that I discovered the mysterious chronicle.
The Spook Ballads|William Theodore Parkes
As they were breezing along with all sails set, over a moonlit sea, they saw a large ship appear in the distance.
The Story of Don Quixote|Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
We must let her go, and bear a hand aboard—it's breezing on all the time, and I expect we shall have it harder to-night.
There She Blows!|William Hussey Macy
The glass is falling, the wind is breezing up, and I won't say but what there's dirt in it.
The Wrecker|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
Ben recovered no memory of the Pownals breezing in at Springfield to look at him, though they must have done so.
Wilderness of Spring|Edgar Pangborn

British Dictionary definitions for breeze (1 of 3)

breeze¹

/ (briːz) /

noun

a gentle or light wind

meteorol a wind of force two to six inclusive on the Beaufort scale

informal an easy task or state of easebeing happy here is a breeze

informal, mainly British a disturbance, esp a lively quarrel

shoot the breeze informal to chat

verb (intr)

to move quickly or casuallyhe breezed into the room

(of wind) to blowthe south wind breezed over the fields

Word Origin for breeze

C16: probably from Old Spanish briza northeast wind

British Dictionary definitions for breeze (2 of 3)

breeze²

/ (briːz) /

noun

an archaic or dialect name for the gadfly

Word Origin for breeze

Old English briosa, of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for breeze (3 of 3)

breeze³

/ (briːz) /

noun

ashes of coal, coke, or charcoal used to make breeze blocks

Word Origin for breeze

C18: from French braise live coals; see braise

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Idioms and Phrases with breeze

breeze

In addition to the idiom beginning with breeze

breeze in

also see:

hands down (in a breeze)
shoot the breeze

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verb (used without object), breezed, breez·ing.