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[breez] 
noun, verb, breezed, breez⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one. |
| 2. | a wind of 4–31 mph (2–14 m/sec). |
| 3. | Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without difficulty: Finding people to join in the adventure was a breeze. |
| 4. | Chiefly British Informal. a disturbance or quarrel. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | (of the wind) to blow a breeze (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It breezed from the west all day. |
| 6. | to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner: She breezed up to the police officer and asked for directions. |
| 7. | Informal. to proceed quickly and easily; move rapidly without intense effort (often fol. by along, into, or through): He breezed through the task. The car breezed along the highway. |
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrases| 8. | to cause to move in an easy or effortless manner, esp. at less than full speed: The boy breezed the horse around the track. |
| 9. | breeze in, Slang.
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| 10. | breeze up, Atlantic States. to become windy. |
| 11. | shoot or bat the breeze, Slang.
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Origin:
1555–65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind; cf. D bries, East Fris brîse, F brize, Sp, Pg, Catalan brisa, It brezza; orig. and path of transmission disputed
1555–65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind; cf. D bries, East Fris brîse, F brize, Sp, Pg, Catalan brisa, It brezza; orig. and path of transmission disputed
Related forms:
breezeless, adjective
breezelike, adjective
breeze
2 [breez] –noun
| 1. | cinders, ash, or dust from coal, coke, or charcoal. |
| 2. | concrete, brick, or cinder block in which such materials form a component. |
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| breeze 1 (brēz) n.
[Perhaps from Old Spanish briza, northeast wind.] Synonyms: These nouns denote something easily accomplished: The exam was a breeze. Chopping onions is a cinch with a food processor. Winning the playoffs was no pushover. The new computer program was a snap to learn. |
| breeze 2 (brēz) n. The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made. [Probably from French braise, hot coals, from Old French brese, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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.]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.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.Breeze
Breeze\, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow. To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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Language Translation for : Breeze
Spanish:
brisa,
German:
die Brise,
Japanese:
微風
breeze
1565, "north or northeast wind," from O.Sp. briza "cold northeast wind;" in W.Indies and Spanish Main, the sense shifting to "northeast trade wind," then "fresh wind from the sea." Eng. sense of "gentle or light wind" is from 1626. An alternate possibility is E.Fris. brisen "to blow fresh and strong." The slang for "something easy" is Amer.Eng., c.1928; breezeway is 1931, Amer.Eng.; breezy "easygoing, jovial" is from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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breeze
In addition to the idiom beginning with breeze, also see hands down (in a breeze); shoot the breeze.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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breeze
air current designation on the Beaufort scale; it is weaker than a wind, which in turn is weaker than a gale. Breeze also denotes various local winds (e.g., sea breeze, land breeze, valley breeze, mountain breeze) generated by unequal diurnal heating and cooling of adjacent areas of the Earth's surface. These breezes are strongest in warm, clear, dry weather, when daytime insolation, or solar radiation, is most intense. They may be reinforced or prevented by winds of passing pressure systems
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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