breeze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slight wind (usually refreshing)
    air; zephyr; gentle wind.
    • the breeze was cooled by the lake
    • as he waited he could feel the air on his neck
  2. noun any undertaking that is easy to do
    picnic; walkover; duck soup; piece of cake; child's play; cinch; snap; pushover.
    • marketing this product will be no picnic
  3. verb blow gently and lightly
    • It breezes most evenings at the shore
  4. verb to proceed quickly and easily

WordNet

Breeze, Breeze" fly` noun (Also<
  • Breeze
  • Breeze fly
)
Etymology
OE. brese, AS. briósa; 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.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidæ, 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.
Breeze noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Breeze noun
Etymology
F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.
Definitions
  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.
Breeze intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To blow gently. R. J. Barlow.

Webster 1913