Definition of breezing Breezing

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We found 3 definitions of breezing from 2 different sources.

What does breezing mean?

Wiktionary

breezing (Verb)
Present participle of breeze.

Part of speech

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breezing, verb, gerund of breeze (infinitive).

WordNet

Noun Plural: breezes
breeze - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
		zephyr, gentle wind, air
		air current, current of air, wind the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
		sea breeze a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)
		breath the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"
		light air wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale
		light breeze wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale
		gentle breeze wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
		moderate breeze wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale
		fresh breeze wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale
breeze - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
		cinch, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake
		project, task, undertaking, labor a planned undertaking
Verb breezes, breezing, breezed
breeze - to proceed quickly and easily
		locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
		breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through, ace, nail succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
breeze - blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore"
		blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"

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Wiktionary

breeze (Noun)
A gadfly; a horsefly.
breeze (Noun)
A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
breeze (Noun)
A gentle to moderate wind.
breeze (Noun)
Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
breeze (Noun)
Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
breeze (Noun)
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker .
breeze (Verb)
To buzz.
breeze (Verb)
To move casually, in a carefree manner.
breeze (Verb)
To blow gently.
breeze (Verb)
To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

breeze (n.)
Alt. of Breeze fly
breeze (n.)
A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
breeze (n.)
An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.
breeze (n.)
Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
breeze (n.)
Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks.
breeze (v. i.)
To blow gently.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

breeze
A slight wind.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

breeze
brēz, n. a gentle gale: a wind: a disturbance or quarrel: a whispered rumour.—adjs. Breeze′less, without a breeze: motionless; Breez′y, fanned with or subject to breezes.—To breeze up, to freshen into a breeze. [Old Sp. briza, It. brezza (Fr. brise, a cold wind).]
breeze
brēz, n. (Shak.) the gadfly.—Also written Breese, Brize. [A.S. briosa.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

breeze
This word is widely understood as a pleasant zephyr; but among seamen it is usually applied as synonymous with wind in general, whether weak or strong.
breeze
A shifting wind blowing from sea and land alternately at certain hours, and sensibly only near the coasts; they are occasioned by the action of the sun raising the temperature of the land so as to draw an aërial current from sea-ward by day, which is returned as the earth cools at night.
breeze
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row.