breeze

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

Breeze \Breeze\, v. i.
   To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
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   {To breeze up} (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
   bri['o]sa; 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.] (Zool.)
   A fly of various species, of the family {Tabanid[ae]}, 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}.]
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [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.]
   1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
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            Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
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   2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
      excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
      produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
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   {Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
      night.

   {Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
      daytime, from the sea.
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
   {Brasier}.]
   1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
      charcoal.
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   2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
      in the burning of bricks.
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125 Moby Thesaurus words for "breeze":
      air, ball the jack, barrel, blast, blow, blow a hurricane,
      blow great guns, blow over, blow up, blubber, bluster, boom,
      bowl along, breath, breeze along, breeze up, brew, brush, butter,
      carry by storm, cinch, clay, clip, come up, cooling breeze,
      cushion, cut along, dough, down, draught, easy target, easy thing,
      eiderdown, feather bed, feathers, fleece, fleet, flit, floss, flue,
      fluff, fly, fly low, foam, foot, freshen, gale, gather,
      gentle wind, go fast, gust, highball, huff, kapok, lead-pipe cinch,
      light air, light breeze, light wind, make knots, moderate breeze,
      nip, nothing, ocean breeze, onshore breeze, outstrip the wind,
      picnic, pie, piece of cake, pillow, pipe, pipe up, plush,
      pour it on, pudding, puff, pushover, putty, rage, rip, romp home,
      rubber, satin, scorch, sea breeze, set in, setup, silk, sinecure,
      sitting duck, sizzle, skim, slide, slip, snap, softblowing wind,
      speed, squall, storm, storm along, swansdown, sweep, take by storm,
      tear, tear along, thistledown, thunder along, velvet, waft,
      walk off with, walk over, waltz, waltz off with, wax, whiff,
      whiffle, whisk, whiz, win going away, win hands down, wind, wool,
      zephyr, zing, zip, zoom