| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to bark; yelp. |
breeze2 (briːz) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| an archaic or dialect name for the gadfly | |
| [Old English briosa, of unknown origin] | |
breeze definition
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breeze
In addition to the idiom beginning with breeze, also see hands down (in a breeze); shoot the breeze.
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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