Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive, usually)To move casually, in a carefree manner.

    flitzen

  2. (intransitive)To blow gently.

    wehen

    blow gently and lightly

  3. (intransitive)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.

  4. (intransitive)To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.

  5. (intransitive)To buzz.

Examples

196 sentences

  1. The students found the final examination to be a breeze.

    Випускні екзамени здалися студентам дуже легкими. — ChickenKiev

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  2. Come out and enjoy the cool breeze.

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  3. Tom and Mary were just shooting the breeze.

    ruТом с Мэри просто трепались. — sharptoothed

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  4. We enjoyed the cool breeze that came from the river.

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  5. There is usually a cool breeze here in the evening.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to move casually, in a carefree manner, but not slowly:
blow gently:

Origin

From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind

From 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.

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Forms

breezes, breezing, breezed, breezed
Base formbreeze · to breeze
3rd person singularbreezes
Present participlebreezing
Past simplebreezed
Past participlebreezed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreeze
he, she, itbreezes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbreezed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave breezed
he, she, ithas breezed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill breeze

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

5 related words
Derivedbreeze offbreeze pastbreezerbreeze throughbreeze up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
breedB1breederbreedingB1breezyB2brettbrevityC2
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