Meaning

A light, gentle wind..

Definitions by Sense

1. A light, gentle wind.
2. (figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
3. (cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
4. An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
5. A brief workout for a racehorse.
6. (usually with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
7. (weather) To blow gently.
8. To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

Example Sentences

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.

Resting most of their first-choice players for Sunday's vital Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia, Wales started with four debutants and breezed into an early lead thanks to headers by captain Ben Davies and Kieffer Moore.

She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ...

Word Forms

• breezes
• brize
• briess
• breezing
• breezed
• breese

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