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BREEZE
cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
(noun) any undertaking that is easy to do; “marketing this product will be no picnic”
breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air
(noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing); “the breeze was cooled by the lake”; “as he waited he could feel the air on his neck”
breeze
(verb) to proceed quickly and easily
breeze
(verb) blow gently and lightly; “It breezes most evenings at the shore”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
breeze (plural breezes)
A light, gentle wind.
(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
(cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
A brief workout for a racehorse.
Synonyms
• see also wind
• cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park, walkover; see also easy thing
Coordinate terms
• (gentle wind): gale, hurricane, storm
Verb
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed) (intransitive)
(usually with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
(weather) To blow gently.
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.
Etymology 2
Noun
breeze (plural breezes)
A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
Verb
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)
(intransitive) To buzz.
Anagrams
• beezer
Proper noun
Breeze (plural Breezes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Breeze is the 13370th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2279 individuals. Breeze is most common among White (81.79%) and Black/African American (10.93%) individuals.
Anagrams
• beezer
Source: Wiktionary
Breeze, Breeze" fly` (, n. Etym: [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.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [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. 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.] 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.
Breeze, n. Etym: [F. braise cinders, live coals. See Brasier.]
1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
2. (Brickmaking)
Definition: Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
Breeze, v. i.
Definition: To blow gently. [R.] J. Barlow. To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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