breeze

The definition of a breeze is a gentle wind or something that is easy to do.

(noun)

  1. When the wind blows gently, this is an example of a breeze.
  2. When you get your homework done in just a few minutes and it is very easy, this is an example of a breeze.

To breeze is defined as to accomplish something very easily or to come and go casually and easily without stress.

(verb)

  1. When you flit in and out of a room, coming and going as you please, this is an example of a situation where you breeze in and out of the room.
  2. When you get a job finished in just a few minutes without having to work hard, this is an example of a situation where you breeze through the work.

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See breeze in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a light current of air; wind, esp. a gentle wind
  2. Brit., Informal commotion or disturbance
  3. Informal a thing easy to do
  4. Meteorol. any wind ranging in speed from 4 to 31 miles per hour

Origin: 16th-c. nautical term brise, prob. (? via Du) < EFris brisen, to blow fresh and strong

intransitive verb breezed, breezing

Informal to move or go quickly, jauntily, easily, etc.

noun

  1. a substance left when coke, coal, or charcoal is burned or processed: it is used as a filler for concrete, etc.
  2. small pieces of coke or coal with a diameter of 1.27 cm (.5 in) or less

Origin: Fr braise, live coals: see braise

See breeze in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A light current of air; a gentle wind.
  2. Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
  3. Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.
intransitive verb breezed breezed, breez·ing, breez·es
  1. To blow lightly.
  2. Informal To progress swiftly and effortlessly: We breezed through the test.
  3. To sprint around a racetrack as a means of exercise. Used of a racehorse.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Old Spanish briza, northeast wind

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noun
The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from French braise, hot coals

Origin: , from Old French brese

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots

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