breeze
A light, gentle windA light, gentle wind.
» The students found the final examination to be a breeze.
Випускні екзамени здалися студентам дуже легкими.
Meaning
7 sensesA light, gentle wind.
The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.
Brise, Windchen
бризbriz, ветеро́кveterók
бризbryz, вітере́цьviterécʹ, ле́гітléhit
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
(figuratively)Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze.
Kinderspiel
пустя́кpustják, пустяки́pustjakí
any undertaking that is easy to do
Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
The discovery produced a breeze.
A brief workout for a racehorse.
(intransitive)A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
(intransitive)Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
Examples
196 sentencesThe students found the final examination to be a breeze.
Випускні екзамени здалися студентам дуже легкими.
Come out and enjoy the cool breeze.
Tom and Mary were just shooting the breeze.
ruТом с Мэри просто трепались.
We enjoyed the cool breeze that came from the river.
There is usually a cool breeze here in the evening.
Translations
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Origin
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“windFrom the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure.
From Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem- (“to make a noise, buzz, hum”). Cognate with Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), French brize (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.
Probably from French braise (“burning coals”).
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Forms
plural: breezesSynonyms
14 synonyms- a slight wind (usually refreshing):zephyrgentle windair
- any undertaking that is easy to do:cinchpicnicsnapduck soupchild's playpushoverwalkoverpiece of cake