breeze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: breeze	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breeze n a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" Synonym(s): breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" Synonym(s): cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake v blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" to proceed quickly and easily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS. bri[a2]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[94]l.) A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[91]}, 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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breeze \Breeze\, v. i. To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow. {To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.