Meaning of breeze | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A light, gentle wind.
2. A surname.
3. A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
   intransitive
4. Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
   intransitive
5. Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
   figuratively
6. Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
7. An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
8. A brief workout for a racehorse.

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Examples

“The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.”

“Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.”

“Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.”

“After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze.”

“The eight-minute connection to East Midlands Railway is a breeze. The train is 170208, its First Class downrated, so I enjoy the wider seats for the hour to Ely, where I arrive a couple of minutes early.”

“The discovery produced a breeze.”

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