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breeze1

Pronunciation: /briːz/

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Definition of breeze

noun

  • 1a gentle wind: tantalizing cooking smells wafted on the evening breeze
  • [with modifier] a wind of force 2 to 6 on the Beaufort scale (4-27 knots or 7-50 km/h).
  • 2 informal a thing that is easy to do or accomplish:travelling through London was a breeze

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction] informal
  • come or go in a casual or light-hearted manner:Roger breezed into her office
  • [no object] (breeze through) deal with something with apparently casual ease:Milan had breezed through their first defence of the European Cup

Origin:

mid 16th century: probably from Old Spanish and Portuguese briza 'NE wind' (the original sense in English)

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