breeze
Definitions
- A light, gentle wind.
- A surname.
- A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- A brief workout for a racehorse.
Equivalents
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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