Breeze

Definition: Breeze

Breeze

Noun

1. A slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck".

2. A task that is easy to do.

Verb

1. Blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore.".

2. To proceed quickly and easily.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "breeze" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, noun. [Old English brese, Anglo-Saxon bri['o]sa; perhaps akin to Old High German brimissa, German breme, bremse, Dutch brems, which are akin to German brummen to growl, buzz, grumble, Latin fremere to murmur; compare to German brausen, Swedish brusa, Danish bruse, to roar, . (references)

Literature

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Breeze

Discord

Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.

Wind

Noun: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent.

Gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon, simoom; harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther.

Crosswords: Breeze

Have you ever seen it, Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, its banners caught high in the morning breeze. Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Yon meat, 'tis sweet as summer's wafting breeze. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Well you lookin' at Dark Gable and Coolin' It Wit Da Breeze. (The Hitter; writing credit: Ben Harris; Christopher Leitch)

He's violating Sea Breeze! (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Wait in that corner until that breeze blows in (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel)

In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze (Top Of The World; performing artist: Carpenters)

Has the sweet breeze blown (The World I Know; performing artist: Collective Soul)

Catch the breeze and the winter chills (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean)

That the fire spreads faster in a breeze (I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That; performing artist: Elton John)

The bleak breeze blights the bright blue blossom (references; author: unknown)

Cool Breeze (1972)

Breeze Anstey (1972)

Ha'penny Breeze (1950)

I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze (1936)

Splitting the Breeze (1927)

Summer Breeze (performing artist: Seals and Croft)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 3 Plays: The Boys in the Band, a Breeze from the Gulf, for Reasons That Remain Unclear (reference)

• A Fine Tops'l Breeze (War of 1812 Trilogy, Volume 2) (reference)

• Island Breeze (Palisades Pure Romance) (reference)

• The Gulf Breeze Sightings (reference)

• The Mole Sisters and the Cool Breeze (Mole Sisters) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ash Breeze (reference)

• Cape Coral Daily Breeze (reference)

• Sea Breeze (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Visions of Nature: Ocean Breeze (reference)

• Shooting the Breeze (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Celtic Breeze in the Antipodes [IMPORT] (reference)

• Breeze Bearing Sorrow (reference)

• Several Shades Of Jade / Breeze From The East (reference)

• Floral Breeze (reference)

• Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sharper Image Ionic Breeze 3.0 Compact Silent Air Purifier (SI397) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Breeze LiteRider in Zou Lou (reference)

• Dirt Devil 082500 Breeze Bagless Canister Vacuum (reference)

• Pfaltzgraff Summer Breeze 16-Piece Stoneware Dinnerware Set, Service for 4 (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Looking through a cannon port towards the azure waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico. These openings also served as air conditioning and let the sea breeze through. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"A fresh breeze in the west wind belt." In: "The South Pole", by Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928. P. 152, Volume I, Library Call Number M82.1/99 A529s. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Under full sail in a very light breeze, while serving as U.S. Naval Academy Practice Ship in 1894-99. Credit: NAVY.

Again the sharp slicer was raised in the breeze when Senator Capper, clad in a wrapper, came ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Old Hall of Representatives / from painting by Samuel Finley Breeze [sic] Morse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Prospect Park. Breeze Hill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fresh breeze : increasing trust : Clean Government Party. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could

The revolution of July had been a fine breeze of the popular wind, quickly followed by blue sky.

The verses told only of the night and the balmy breeze and the maiden lustre of the moon

He rubbed the butt to a pulp and put it out the window, letting the breeze suck it from his fingers

I see where the breeze dashes across it by the streaks or flakes of light

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

However, when tissues become injured or inflamed, as with a sunburn or infection, they release chemicals that make nociceptors much more sensitive and cause them to transmit pain signals in response to even gentle stimuli such as breeze or a caress. (references)

Economic History

Somalia

The southwest monsoon, a sea breeze, makes the period from about May to October the mildest season at Mogadishu. (references)

Taiwan

The island's first composite commercial zone shopping mall, TaiMall, opened on July 4, 1999, and Metrowalk was opened in March 2001. Three shopping malls, including Core Pacific, Breeze and Taichung Tehan, are scheduled to open in the second half of 2001. Five other shopping malls are now under construction. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Don't expect to breeze in for a week and leave with a contract. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "breeze": breeze flies ♦ breeze fly ♦ breeze from sea ♦ breeze in ♦ breeze out ♦ breeze through ♦ breeze to ♦ breeze up ♦ fresh breeze ♦ gentle breeze ♦ Gulf Breeze ♦ it's a breeze ♦ land breeze ♦ light breeze ♦ moderate breeze ♦ Ocean Breeze Park ♦ sea breeze ♦ shoot the breeze ♦ slight breeze ♦ spanking breeze ♦ strong breeze ♦ To breeze up ♦ Topgallant breeze ♦ wanton breeze. Additional references.

Beginning with "breeze": breeze-block, breeze-blocks, breeze-blown, breeze-filled, breeze-from-the-freeze, breeze-ruffled.

Ending with "breeze": cross-breeze, land-breeze, of-the-being-of-the-breeze, sea-breeze, up-breeze.

Albanian

thëngjij të shuar, puhi (waft), oshnik, meze (appetizer, plate, refection, refreshment), grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, brawl, breach, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, squabble, strife, variance, wrangle), fllad (breath, freshly, gale, zephyr). (various references)

Arabic 

‏همسة (hiss, sizzle, whisper), ‏نسيم (air, gust, waft), ‏تجري بسرعة, ‏سهولة (ease, easiness, facility, freedom, perspicacity, readiness), ‏سر (brighten, delight, divert, gladden, gratify, mystery, please, pleasure, reserve, satisfy, secret, steer), ‏السقاط نفاية الفحم, ‏إنطلق بسرعة (clip, fleet, fly, lick, prick, rocket, scat, scoot, scorch, scud, steam, tear away), ‏إشاعة (buzz, gossip, grape vine, hearing, hearsay, report, rumor, rumour, story, tale, word), ‏ثرثرة (babble, blab, blabber, boastfulness, cackle, chat, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gas, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap), ‏شجار (affray, altercation, bicker, brawl, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, squall, tiff). (various references)

Bulgarian 

слух (audition, bruit, buzz, hearing, hearsay, noise, report, reportage, rumor, rumour, scuttlebutt, speech, story, whisper, whispering, wind), разправия (passages), щръклица (gadfly, warble), конска муха (bot-fly, cleg, horsefly), въглищен прах (culm, slack), лека работа (pushover, smooth sledding), лек ветрец, бриз (sea breeze), полъх (breath of air, breathing, puff, waft, whiff, zephyr). (various references)

Chinese 

微风, 和風 . (various references)

Czech

vánek (zephyr). (various references)

Danish

brise. (various references)

Dutch

bries, briesje. (various references)

Esperanto

brizo, venteto. (various references)

Faeroese

gul. (various references)

Farsi 

نسیم (Air, Breath, Guff), بادملایم , بادشمال یاشمال شرقی . (various references)

Finnish

tuuli ç, tuuli (gale, humour, mood, storm, wind), tuulenhenki (breath of wind). (various references)

French

brise (breaks, breath). (various references)

German

brise, hauch (air, aura, breath, ghost, hint, modicum, moiety, puff, smack, smell, spice, tinge, waft, whiff). (various references)

Greek 

αύρα (aura, nimbus), αεράκι. (various references)

Hebrew 

משב רוח, משב (blast, blowing, gust, puff), רוח קלה (zephyr). (various references)

Hungarian

szellő (air, waft, zephyr), szénpor (cinder, coal dust, Duff, slack), szél (border, confine, edge, flatus, heel, hem, ledge, let's see how the land lies, margin, periphery, shelf, shelves, to be in the wind's eye, wind), dara (grist, sleet), betonba való rostált salak. (various references)

Italian

brezza. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

風 (wind). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なんぷう (southwind), かぜ (cold, common cold, flower bud, wind). (various references)

Korean 

산들바람. (various references)

Manx

sheidey (blast, blast of wind, blow, blow of whale, blowing, breathe, bugle, distention, dynamite, fill out, fire away, gust, honk, puff, sound, spell of wind, spout, toot, toot on horn, waft, wafting), greesagh (cinder, hot ash), geay veeley (gentle wind, zephyr), fynneraght (cool, cool of day). (various references)

Papiamen

brisa. (various references)

Pig Latin

eezebray.(various references)

Portuguese

brisa (air, breathing, zephyr), aragem (air, gad-fly, waft, wind, zephyr). (various references)

Romanian

brizã (air, breathing, slant of wind), boare (breath), zvon (bruit, cry, gossip, grape vine, hearsay, hum, idle rumor, idle rumour, noise, peal, report, ringing, rumor, rumour, story, talk), tãun (gadfly, horse-fly), scandal (affray, breach, flare up, fray, fuss, hubbub, noise, row, rumpus, scandal, scene, shame, shindy), ceartã (altercation, Bicker, bobbery, brawl, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dispute, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, squall, Stour, strife, tussle, wrangle), adiere (air, aura, breath, breathing, gale, puff, whiff, wind, zephyr), abur (breath, breathing, damp, exhalation, fog, fume, haze, reek, smoke, smother, steam, vapor, vapour). (various references)

Romansch

brisa. (various references)

Russian 

бриз (land-breeze). (various references)

Scottish

osag (a blast, blast), anail (air, breath), aiteal (glimpse, transient view). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vetrić, povetarac (sea breeze), lahor (aura, cat's paw, zephyr). (various references)

Spanish

brisa (air, draught). (various references)

Swazi

ú-moyána. (various references)

Swedish

bris (air), kåre, fläkt (air, blow, breath of air, breeth of air, fan, fanner, puff, ventilator, waft, whiff, wind). (various references)

Turkish

tartışma (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, brawl, broil, bust up, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, cross talk, debate, disagreement, discussion, disputation, dispute, hassle, jangle, moot, parley, quarrel, rap, row, set to, shooting match, spar, sparring, teach-in, wordy warfare, wrangle), rüzgâr (blast, blow, flatus, wind), meltem (etesian winds, zephyr), kömür artığı kül, hafif rüzgâr (air, cats paw, slight breeze), esinti (air, blow, breath, puff, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr), dalıvermek (pounce), coşarak gitmek, çocuk oyuncağı (as easy as pie, child's play, cinch, it's pie, jam, picnic, pushover, toy). (various references)

Turkmen 

цwьsgin. (various references)

Ukrainian

штиб, галас (ado, affray, ballyhoo, boom, broil, bustle, clamor, clamour, clang, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, ruckus), новина (news, novation, novel, novelty, tidings, wrinkle), легкий вітерець. (various references)

Vietnamese 

than cám (coal-dust), ruồi trâu, nối cáu sợ hãi. (various references)

Welsh

awel (wind). (various references)

aura, oistros. (various references)

aer, aera, aere, aerem, aeris, anima, animabus, animae, animam, animarum, animas, animis, aura, aurae, auram, auris, flamen, flatibus, flatu, flatum, flatus, ventulus. (various references)

briza. (various references)

brisen. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "breeze": breezed, breezeless, breezes, breezeway, breezeways. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Breeze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baraza, beeeee, Beese, beeze, beezer, Berzei, Beze, bleeze, breaze, Bredevej, Breefe, Breeley, brees, breesie, breeve, breez, breezd, Breezie, brenee, breue, brez, breze, brezee, Brezi, Brienzer, brooze, Btrieve, creeze, greeze, preeze. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: beezer.

-2 letters: beer, bree.

-3 letters: bee, ere, reb, ree, zee.

-4 letters: be, er, re.

+1 letter: beezers, breezed, breezes.

+2 letters: breezier.

+3 letters: breezeway, breeziest, embezzler, zeitgeber.

+4 letters: breezeless, breezeways, breeziness, embezzlers, zeitgebers.