- BREEZE: BREEZES
- [N]FLABRUM: FLABRA (PL)
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
BREEZE: BREEZES
Look at other dictionaries:
Breeze — Breeze, n. [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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breeze — I UK [briːz] / US [brɪz] noun [countable] Word forms breeze : singular breeze plural breezes ** a light wind The curtains fluttered gently in the breeze. a gentle/light/slight breeze a fresh/stiff/strong breeze • be a breeze II UK [briːz] / US… … English dictionary
breeze — breeze1 breezeless, adj. breezelike, adj. /breez/, n., v., breezed, breezing. n. 1. a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one. 2. a wind of 4 31 mph (2 14 m/sec). 3. Informal. an easy task; something done or carried on without… … Universalium
breeze — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faint, gentle, light, little, slight, soft ▪ stiff, strong ▪ sudden … Collocations dictionary
breeze — [[t]bri͟ːz[/t]] breezes, breezing, breezed 1) N COUNT A breeze is a gentle wind. ...a cool summer breeze. 2) VERB If you breeze into a place or a position, you enter it in a very casual or relaxed manner. [V prep/adv] Lopez breezed into the… … English dictionary
breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
breeze through — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms breeze through : present tense I/you/we/they breeze through he/she/it breezes through present participle breezing through past tense breezed through past participle breezed through breeze through… … English dictionary
breeze — [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza, its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English Spanish contact in… … Word origins
breeze through — verb succeed at easily She sailed through her exams You will pass with flying colors She nailed her astrophysics course • Syn: ↑ace, ↑pass with flying colors, ↑sweep through, ↑sail through, ↑nail … Useful english dictionary
breeze — I n A joke. That prof thinks he s funny but he don t know anything but breezes. 1990s II n Something easy to do. Cutting your own hair is a breeze! 1920s … Historical dictionary of American slang
Land breeze — Breeze Breeze, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
