BREEZES

Noun

breezes

plural of breeze

Verb

breezes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breeze

Anagrams

• beezers

Proper noun

Breezes

plural of Breeze

Anagrams

• beezers

Source: Wiktionary


BREEZE

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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