breeze
[noun]
Synonyms:
- light wind, air, breath of wind, current of air, draught, gust, waft, zephyr
[verb]
Synonyms:
- move briskly, flit, glide, hurry, pass, sail, sweep

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Contrasted words: drag, falter, flag, lag, trail
Related Words: skim, slide, slip

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English Thesaurus: easy, simple, straightforward, user-friendly, undemanding, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. breeze¹ /briːz/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: brise, perhaps from bise 'cold north wind']

1. a gentle wind ⇒ breezy:
flowers waving in the breeze

2. be a breeze informal to be very easy:
Don’t think that learning Dutch will be a breeze.
⇒ shoot the breeze at shoot¹(13)

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II. breeze² verb

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere in a calm confident way
breeze in/into/out etc
She just breezed into my office and said she wanted a job.

2. [transitive] to do very well in a test, a piece of written work etc, with very little effort:
Don’t bother studying for the English exam – you’ll breeze it.
breeze through something phrasal verb
to achieve something very easily Synonym : sail through:
He breezed through the exam.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

breeze
noun
ADJ. faint, gentle, light, little, slight, soft | stiff, strong | sudden | cold, cool, fresh | warm | pleasant pleasant sea breezes
evening, morning, night | sea, summer | northerly, westerly, etc.
BREEZE + VERB blow, come, drift A light breeze came off the sea.
ruffle sth, rustle sth, stir sth A sudden breeze rustled the long dry grass.
come up A breeze came up in the late afternoon.
drop
PREP. in a/the ~ The curtains fluttered in the night breeze.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

breeze

a gentle/soft/mild breeze
It was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a gentle breeze.
a light/slight/faint breeze
The curtains lifted in the light breeze.
a stiff/strong breeze
There was a good stiff breeze, just right for sailing.
a cool breeze
It was getting late and a cool breeze was blowing.
a warm breeze
A warm breeze ruffled the leaves of the trees.
a fresh breeze (=cool and quite strong)
A fresh breeze is blowing from the north.
a sea/ocean breeze
The boats were moving up and down in the sea breeze.
an evening breeze
People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
a morning breeze
the fresh morning breeze
a summer breeze
He felt the soft summer breeze against his skin.
an easterly/westerly etc breeze
A gentle easterly breeze was blowing in from the Atlantic.
a breeze blows
The strong breeze blew sand in our faces.
a breeze drifts (=blows very gently)
A cool breeze drifted through the window.
a breeze comes through/from etc something
The room was hot and no breeze came through the window.
a breeze stirs/ruffles something
A light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.

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easy not difficult to do, and not needing much effort:
an easy task
The house was easy to find.
simple easy and not complicated – used about things such as instructions and explanations, or about machines and systems:
The system is relatively simple to operate.
a simple recipe for chocolate cake
straightforward easy to understand or do, and unlikely to cause you any problems:
a straightforward explanation
The calculation is fairly straightforward.
user-friendly easy to use – used especially about computers or written information about how to do something:
Their website is very user-friendly.
a user-friendly guide to owning a dog
undemanding easy because it does not take a lot of effort:
It was an undemanding role for someone of his experience.
cushy /ˈkʊʃi/ informal a cushy job is easy to do and needs very little effort – often used when you are envious of the person who has it:
It’s a pretty cushy job – all she has to do is drive a nice car around.
a cushy number (=a very easy job)
mindless so easy that you can do it without thinking – used especially when it makes you feel bored:
mindless tasks
painless without any difficulties or problems – used especially when you expected something to be much worse:
Finding the carhire place at the airport was relatively painless.
Thankfully, there's a wide selection of search tools to make the task relatively painless.
be plain sailing British English, be smooth sailing American English to be easy and with no problems that you have to deal with:
Things should be plain sailing from now on.
be a piece of cake informal to be very easy to do, especially compared to doing something else:
This test was a piece of cake compared to the last one.
be child’s play informal to be surprisingly easy, or much easier than something else which is very difficult or dangerous:
Getting people’s credit card details is child’s play when you know how to do it.
Climbing in England is child’s play compared to climbing in the Himalayas.
be a breeze informal (also be a doddle British English) to be very easy to do:
The software is a doddle to use.
The check-in process was a breeze.
it’s not rocket science informal used when saying that something is very easy to do or understand, and you do not need to be intelligent to do it:
Making your PC run faster isn’t exactly rocket science.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

wind air moving in a current, especially strongly or quickly:
A cold wind was blowing from the east.
Strong winds caused damage to many buildings.
breeze a gentle pleasant wind:
The trees were moving gently in the breeze.
A slight breeze ruffled her hair.
draught British English, draft American English /drɑːft $ dræft/ a current of cool air which blows into a room, especially one that makes you feel uncomfortable:
There’s a bit of a draught in here – can you close the door?
gale a very strong wind:
The ship was blown off course in a severe gale.
Howling gales and torrential rain continued throughout the night.
hurricane a storm that has very strong fast winds and that moves over water – used about storms in the North Atlantic Ocean:
The hurricane devastated Florida and killed at least 40 people.
typhoon a violent tropical storm – used about storms in the Western Pacific Ocean:
A typhoon has hit the Philippines, lifting roofs off houses and uprooting trees.
tornado (also twister American English informal) a violent storm with strong winds that spin very quickly in a circle, often forming a cloud that is narrower at the bottom than the top:
The town was hit by a tornado that damaged several homes.
cyclone a violent tropical storm with strong winds that spin in a circle:
A devastating cyclone struck Bangladesh in April that year.
This cyclone was traveling at speeds in excess of 21 miles per hour.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

breeze
̈ɪbri:z
See: shoot the breeze or bat the breeze or fan the breeze , win in a walk or win in a breeze

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