breeze

CEFRB1

/bɹiːz/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A light wind.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

Examples

  • Bill and John like to get together once a month to shoot the breeze.

  • The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.

  2. A light, gentle wind.

  3. An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.

More examples

In context

  • After studying Latin, Spanish was a breeze.

  • The breeze rustled the papers on her desk.

  • The discovery produced a breeze.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for...