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breeze

breeze
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [breez]
    • /briz/
    • /briːz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [breez]
    • /briz/

Definitions of breeze word

  • countable noun breeze A breeze is a gentle wind. 3
  • verb breeze If you breeze into a place or a position, you enter it in a very casual or relaxed manner. 3
  • verb breeze If you breeze through something such as a game or test, you cope with it easily. 3
  • singular noun breeze If you say that something is a breeze, you mean that it is very easy to do or to achieve. 3
  • noun breeze a gentle or light wind 3
  • noun breeze a wind of force two to six inclusive on the Beaufort scale 3

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Origin of breeze

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind; compare Dutch bries, East Frisian brîse, French brize, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan brisa, Italian brezza; orig. and path of transmission disputed

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Parts of speech for Breeze

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

breeze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

breeze usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for breeze

noun breeze

  • current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
  • gust — Archaic. flavor or taste.
  • whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
  • breath — Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
  • air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.

verb breeze

  • waltz — a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
  • glide — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
  • zip — zip code.
  • sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.

Antonyms for breeze

verb breeze

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • fix — to repair; mend.
  • correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.

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