Breeze
31Breeze — This unusual surname has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. In the first instance, Breeze originated as a nickname for a particularly lively or irksome person, from the Middle English breese , a development… …
32breeze — {{11}}breeze (n.) 1560s, north or northeast wind, from O.Sp. briza cold northeast wind; in W.Indies and Spanish Main, the sense shifting to northeast trade wind, then fresh wind from the sea. English sense of gentle or light wind is from 1620s.… …
33breeze — See: shoot the breeze or bat the breeze or fan the breeze, win in a walk or win in a breeze …
34breeze — 1 noun (C) 1 a gentle wind: flowers waving in the breeze 2 be a breeze informal to be something that is very easy to do see also: shoot the breeze shoot 1 (11) 2 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk somewhere in a calm confident way (+… …
35breeze — n 1. zephyr, gentle or light wind, Naut. cat s paw; breath, puff of air, whiff, whiffet; waft, current of air, draft, gust, Rare. flurry, blow; sea breeze, lake breeze, land breeze, onshore breeze. 2.Slang. bat or shoot the breezea. chat, Inf.… …
36breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… …
37breeze — [briːz] noun [C] I a light wind a gentle/light/slight breeze[/ex] II verb [I] breeze [briːz] to go somewhere in a very confident way He breezed into the meeting and took charge.[/ex] • breeze through sth …
38breeze — I [[t]briz[/t]] n. v. breezed, breez•ing 1) mer a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one 2) mer a wind of 4–31 mph (2–14 m/sec) 3) inf an easy task 4) to move in a self confident or jaunty manner 5) inf to proceed effortlessly •… …
39breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… …
40breeze — 1. noun a) A gentle to moderate wind. The breeze rustled the papers on her desk. b) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult …
