Meaning of "breeze" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BREEZE

Probably from Old Spanish briza northeast wind.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BREEZE

breeze  [briːz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREEZE

Breeze is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb breeze in English.

WHAT DOES BREEZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Breeze

Breeze or The Breeze may refer to: ▪ Gadfly insect ▪ A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae ▪ A gentle to moderate wind ▪ Sea breeze, an onshore afternoon wind, caused by warm air rising over the land in sunny weather ▪ A buzz or hum sound...

Definition of breeze in the English dictionary

The first definition of breeze in the dictionary is a gentle or light wind. Other definition of breeze is a wind of force two to six inclusive on the Beaufort scale. Breeze is also an easy task or state of ease.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BREEZE

PRESENT

Present

I breeze

you breeze

he/she/it breezes

we breeze

you breeze

they breeze

Present continuous

I am breezing

you are breezing

he/she/it is breezing

we are breezing

you are breezing

they are breezing

Present perfect

I have breezed

you have breezed

he/she/it has breezed

we have breezed

you have breezed

they have breezed

Present perfect continuous

I have been breezing

you have been breezing

he/she/it has been breezing

we have been breezing

you have been breezing

they have been breezing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I breezed

you breezed

he/she/it breezed

we breezed

you breezed

they breezed

Past continuous

I was breezing

you were breezing

he/she/it was breezing

we were breezing

you were breezing

they were breezing

Past perfect

I had breezed

you had breezed

he/she/it had breezed

we had breezed

you had breezed

they had breezed

Past perfect continuous

I had been breezing

you had been breezing

he/she/it had been breezing

we had been breezing

you had been breezing

they had been breezing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will breeze

you will breeze

he/she/it will breeze

we will breeze

you will breeze

they will breeze

Future continuous

I will be breezing

you will be breezing

he/she/it will be breezing

we will be breezing

you will be breezing

they will be breezing

Future perfect

I will have breezed

you will have breezed

he/she/it will have breezed

we will have breezed

you will have breezed

they will have breezed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been breezing

you will have been breezing

he/she/it will have been breezing

we will have been breezing

you will have been breezing

they will have been breezing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would breeze

you would breeze

he/she/it would breeze

we would breeze

you would breeze

they would breeze

Conditional continuous

I would be breezing

you would be breezing

he/she/it would be breezing

we would be breezing

you would be breezing

they would be breezing

Conditional perfect

I would have breeze

you would have breeze

he/she/it would have breeze

we would have breeze

you would have breeze

they would have breeze

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been breezing

you would have been breezing

he/she/it would have been breezing

we would have been breezing

you would have been breezing

they would have been breezing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you breeze
we let´s breeze
you breeze

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to breeze

Past participle

breezed

Present Participle

breezing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BREEZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «breeze» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of breeze

air · child´s play · cinch · cruise · doddle · draught · flit · ghost · glide · gust · hurry · make no bones about · no-brainer · pass · piece of cake · pushover · sail · sally · stroll · sweep · trip · waft · walkover · whiff · zephyr

TRANSLATION OF BREEZE

Find out the translation of breeze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of breeze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breeze» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 微风
• Translator English - Spanish: brisa
• English: breeze
• Translator English - Hindi: हवा
• Translator English - Arabic: نَسيم
• Translator English - Russian: ветерок
• Translator English - Portuguese: brisa
• Translator English - Bengali: মৃদুমন্দ বাতাস
• Translator English - French: brise
• Translator English - Malay: Angin
• Translator English - German: Brise
• Translator English - Japanese: そよ風
• Translator English - Korean: 산들바람
• Translator English - Javanese: Angin
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gió nhẹ
• Translator English - Tamil: காற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: ब्रीझ
• Translator English - Turkish: esinti
• Translator English - Italian: brezza
• Translator English - Polish: wiaterek
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вітерець
• Translator English - Romanian: briză
• Translator English - Greek: αύρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: briesie
• Translator English - Swedish: bris
• Translator English - Norwegian: bris

10 QUOTES WITH «BREEZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word breeze.

1

John James Audubon

The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.

2

Richard Blackmore

The mare set off for home with the speed of a swallow, and going as smoothly and silently. I never had dreamed of such a motion, fluent and graceful, and ambient, soft as the breeze flitting over the flowers, but swift as the summer lightening.

3

George H. W. Bush

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

4

Charles Buxton

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.

5

Thomas Carlyle

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

6

Aime Cesaire

Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.

7

David Chang

Life's too short to just breeze on by.

8

Grover Cleveland

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.

9

Don DeLillo

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

10

Jean Genet

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREEZE»

Discover the use of breeze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breeze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Power Generation Technologies

Provides a unique comparison of a wide range of power generation technologies from oil, coal, nuclear and natural gas, to geothermal, wind, solar, and bioenergy Hundreds of diagrams demystify how each technology functions in practice ...

Paul Breeze, 2014

Breeze through your exams: Tips and techniques to pass the test

Breeze through your exams offers insider information needed for exam success.

Infinite Ideas, 2012

The Gentle Breeze of Jesus

In this book, Mel Tari adds to the documentation he began in Like a Mighty Wind .

Mel Tari, 1978

On the Steel Breeze

It is a thousand years in the future. Mankind is making its way out into the universe on massive generation ships. The new novel from Alastair Reynolds is one for fans of Peter F. Hamilton and Iain M. Banks.

Alastair Reynolds, 2013

Floating on a Malayan Breeze: Travels in Malaysia and Singapore

What happens after a country splits apart?

Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh, 2012

Breeze

When she encounters guitarist and producer Lex, the man she once loved whom she lost to betrayal, acclaimed singer Breeze tries to rekindle their relationship, but the entertainment world takes a toll on their burgeoning romance. Original.

Robin Lynette Hampton, 2008

Arctic Breeze

Arctic Breeze is a poetry book with some creative style ballads and poems that were written about the Arctic Culture. The main theme for writing this book was a bit spiritual with some Mystic background.

John Parry, 2012

Sea Breeze and Local Winds

The book will be welcomed by those researching in the subject but will also be valuable to the general reader who is interested in local weather and the natural environment.

John E. Simpson, 1994

A Breeze on the Realside

A Breeze on the Realside

Cassandra Barnes, 2011

Breeze

Latta's meditations lead us to unexpected, larger connections, unfolding like mathematical narratives whose terms we may not have guessed, but find exact, passionate. --Robert Morgan.

John Latta, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREEZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breeze is used in the context of the following news items.

Smoke break: Sea breeze clearing up Metro Vancouver's wildfire haze

VANCOUVER - A brisk west wind from across the Strait of Georgia blew its way into the region Monday where it started to push away some of ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»

Summer Breeze Concerts Bring Music to Merchants Square

The Summer Breeze concert series features party and military band music to draw in people of all ages. (Submitted). The Summer Breeze ... «Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Jul 15»

verykool s5511 Juno Quatro vs Pantech Breeze IV : Comparison of …

Pantech Breeze IV is the smartphone from Pantech with 3.0 inches screen and the resolution of the screen is 240 x 400 pixels pixels. Phone ... «Newstrack India, Jul 15»

GPS tracker links Dallas janitor to nearly $3000 of stolen shrimp, beef

Raw Shrimp at Sea Breeze Fish Market and Grill in Plano June 7, 2013. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News). A Dallas janitor was ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

Bulgaria Hosts Breeze 2015 Naval Exercise

Bulgaria is currently hosting the Breeze 2015 naval exercise which will take place from 3 to 12 July 2015. According to Bulgarian minisry of ... «www.worldbulletin.net, Jul 15»

Portland forecast: High temperatures, plenty of sun and a slight breeze

The fountain at Portland's Peninsula Park was popular in the mid afternoon heat (even for a dog) on July 5, 2015. Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»

Delta breeze cools Sacramento region, worsens fire conditions

A pickup in the Delta breeze will significantly cool the Sacramento region and north state throughout the week, but it will worsen fire conditions. «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»

First Ships of NATO Navy Exercise 'Breeze 2015' Anchored in Varna

First ships participating in the international navy exercise ''Breeze 2015'' have already anchored in Bulgaria's Varna, as reported by BGNES. «Novinite.com, Jul 15»

Buchholz in command, Sox breeze past Astros

Hours before the city of Boston was set for its annual Independence Day fireworks celebration, the Red Sox right-hander unleashed a burst of ... «The Union Leader, Jul 15»

Florida Panhandle zoo owners say violations have been fixed

GULF BREEZE, Fla. — The owners of a Florida Panhandle zoo are responding to a federal complaint accusing them of failing to properly care ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»