breeze

breeze¹

B0472600 (brēz)n.1. A light current of air; a gentle wind.2. Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 27 knots (5 to 31 miles per hour; 7 to 50 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.3. Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.intr.v. breezed, breez·ing, breez·es 1. To move quickly, smoothly, or easily: breezing along on the freeway.2. To progress swiftly or easily: We breezed through the test.

[Perhaps from Old Spanish briza, northeast wind.]Synonyms: breeze¹, cakewalk, cinch, pushover, snap
These nouns denote something easily accomplished: The exam was a breeze. This election promises to be a cakewalk. Chopping onions is a cinch with a food processor. The playoffs turned out to be a pushover. The new computer program was a snap to learn.

breeze²

B0472600 (brēz)n. The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.

[Probably from French braise, hot coals, from Old French brese, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

breeze

(briːz) n1. (Physical Geography) a gentle or light wind2. (Physical Geography) meteorol a wind of force two to six inclusive on the Beaufort scale3. informal an easy task or state of ease: being happy here is a breeze. 4. informal chiefly Brit a disturbance, esp a lively quarrel5. shoot the breeze informal to chatvb (intr) 6. to move quickly or casually: he breezed into the room. 7. (of wind) to blow: the south wind breezed over the fields. [C16: probably from Old Spanish briza northeast wind]

breeze

(briːz) n (Animals) an archaic or dialect name for the gadfly[Old English briosa, of unknown origin]

breeze

(briːz) n (Building) ashes of coal, coke, or charcoal used to make breeze blocks[C18: from French braise live coals; see braise]

breeze¹

(briz)

n., v. breezed, breez•ing. 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. an easy task. v.i. 4. to move in a self-confident or jaunty manner. 5. to proceed effortlessly. Idioms: shoot or bat the breeze, Slang. to talk aimlessly; chat. [1555–65; earlier brize, brise north or northeast wind] breeze′less, adj. syn: See wind¹.

breeze²

(briz)

n. cinders, ash, or dust from coal, coke, or charcoal. [1720–30; variant of dial. brays < French braise live coals, cinders]

breeze

a light wind, 4 to 27 knots on the Beaufort scale.See also: Wind

breeze

Past participle: breezed
Gerund: breezing

Imperative
breeze
breeze

Present
I breeze
you breeze
he/she/it breezes
we breeze
you breeze
they breeze

Preterite
I breezed
you breezed
he/she/it breezed
we breezed
you breezed
they breezed

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

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

Future
I will breeze
you will breeze
he/she/it will breeze
we will breeze
you will breeze
they will breeze

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 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

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

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

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

Conditional
I would breeze
you would breeze
he/she/it would breeze
we would breeze
you would breeze
they would breeze

Past Conditional
I would have breezed
you would have breezed
he/she/it would have breezed
we would have breezed
you would have breezed
they would have breezed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breeze - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"gentle wind, zephyr, airsea breeze - a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)breath - a slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"light air - wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scalelight breeze - wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scalegentle breeze - wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scalemoderate breeze - wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scalefresh breeze - wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scalestrong breeze - wind moving 25-31 knots; 6 on the Beaufort scaleair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
	2.	breeze - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, walkover, picnic, snapdoddle - an easy taskproject, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
Verb	1.	breeze - blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore"blow - be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
	2.	breeze - to proceed quickly and easilygo, locomote, move, travel - 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"ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through, nail - succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

breeze

noun1. light wind, air, whiff, draught, gust, waft, zephyr, breath of wind, current of air, puff of air, capful of wind a cool summer breeze2. (Informal) child's play, piece of cake, pushover, doddle, walkover, cinch, no-brainer (informal) Making the pastry is a breeze if you have a food processor.verb1. sweep, move briskly, pass, trip, sail, cruise, hurry, ghost, sally, stroll, glide, flit Lopez breezed into the room.

breeze

noun1. A gentle wind:zephyr.2. A natural movement or current of air:air, blast, blow, gust, wind, zephyr.Archaic: gale.3. Informal. An easily accomplished task:child's play, cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover.Slang: duck soup.verbInformal. To move swiftly and effortlessly:zip.Slang: waltz.

Translations

微风

breeze

(briːz) noun a gentle wind. There's a lovely cool breeze today.微风ˈbreezy adjective1. windy. a breezy day.有微风的2. (of people etc) bright, lively. She's always so bright and breezy; a breezy young man.活泼轻快的

breeze

→ 微风zhCN

breeze

bat the breeze

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually, without any serious topic of conversation. Customers always want to bat the breeze with me in the store before they buy something. I just batted the breeze with John for a while when he passed me on the street.See also: bat, breeze

in a breeze

Easily; handily; without much or any effort. Enjoying the benefit of a week off between games, the home team won this match in a breeze.See also: breeze

breeze along

To proceed in a relaxed or casual way without worry. Before her sudden illness, Jenna had been breezing along through life. I admire how kids just breeze along without a care in the world.See also: breeze

breeze away

To depart quickly or unexpectedly. Brian breezed away before I had a chance to say goodbye to him.See also: away, breeze

breeze in(to)

To walk into a place or event with a calm or carefree attitude. (If "into" is used, a place or event is named after it.) Walking into a party always makes me nervous, but my husband can breeze in without the slightest hesitation. You need to talk to that intern—he regularly breezes into work an hour late.See also: breeze

breeze off

To depart quickly or unexpectedly. Brian breezed off before I had a chance to say goodbye to him.See also: breeze, off

breeze out

To depart quickly or unexpectedly. Brian breezed out before I had a chance to say goodbye to him. You need to talk to that intern—he regularly breezes out of the office an hour early.See also: breeze, out

breeze through (something)

1. To do something easily with little effort or concern. It's so frustrating that my best friend can just breeze through chemistry while I study for days and barely get a passing grade.2. To travel through some place quickly and with little interest. Europe isn't a place you can just breeze through—there are so many famous sites to visit!See also: breeze, through

hands down

Easily, decisively, or without question. The term originates from horse racing, in which jockeys assured of a victory may lower their hold on the reins in the final stretch. This is the best pie I've ever had, hands down! We were really unprepared for our last game, and the other team won hands down.See also: down, hand

shoot the breeze

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually, without any serious topic of conversation. Customers always want to shoot the breeze with me in the store before they buy something. I just shot the breeze with John for a while when he passed me on the street.See also: breeze, shoot

fan the breeze

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually, without any serious topic of conversation. Customers always want to fan the breeze with me in the store before they buy something. I just fanned the breeze with John for a while when he passed me on the street.See also: breeze, fan

breeze along

Fig. to travel along casually, rapidly, and happily; to go through life in a casual and carefree manner. Kristine was just breezing along the road when she ran off onto the shoulder. We just breezed along the highway, barely paying attention to what we were doing. Don't just breeze along through life!See also: breeze

breeze away

to leave quickly or abruptly. She said nothing more. She just breezed away. I breezed away without stopping to say good-bye.See also: away, breeze

breeze in

(from some place) Go to sweep in (from some place).See also: breeze

breeze in (to some place)

to enter a place quickly, in a happy and carefree manner. She breezed into the conference room and sat down at the head of the table. Jerry breezed in and said hello.See also: breeze

breeze off

to leave quickly or abruptly. Don't just breeze off! Stay and talk. Lily breezed off in a huffy manner.See also: breeze, off

breeze out (of some place)

to leave a place quickly. She was here for a moment and then suddenly breezed out. She breezed out of the room in an instant.See also: breeze, out

breeze through

(something) 1. Fig. to complete some task rapidly and easily. I breezed through my calculus assignment in no time at all. It was not hard. I just breezed through. 2. Fig. to travel through a place rapidly. They breezed through every little town without stopping. We didn't stop. We just breezed through.See also: breeze, through

fan the breeze

Fig. to chat or gossip. We're just fanning the breeze, so you didn't interrupt anything. Stop fanning the breeze and get to work.See also: breeze, fan

hands down

easily; unquestionably. She won the contest hands down. They declared her the winner hands down.See also: down, hand

shoot the breeze

Fig. to chat casually and without purpose. We spent the entire afternoon just shooting the breeze. It was good to shoot the breeze with you, Mary.See also: breeze, shoot

breeze in

1. Arrive in a casual way, as in She breezed in, two hours late. This phrase transfers the blowing of a light wind to human entrances. [Colloquial; c. 1900] 2. Win easily, as in A fine golfer, he breezed in first. This usage at first alluded to horse racing but soon was transferred to more general use. [c. 1900] See also: breeze

hands down

1. Also, in a breeze; in a walk. Easily, without effort, as in She won the election hands down, or They won in a breeze, 10-0, or The top players get through the first rounds of the tournament in a walk. All of these expressions originated in sports. Hands down, dating from the mid-1800s, comes from horse racing, where jockeys drop their hands downward and relax their hold when they are sure to win. In a breeze, first recorded in a baseball magazine in 1910, alludes to the rapid and easy passage of moving air; in a walk, also from baseball, alludes to taking a base on balls, that is, reaching first base without having hit a pitched ball because of the pitcher's mistakes. 2. Unquestionably, without a doubt, as in Hands down, it was the best thing I've ever done. See also: down, hand

in a breeze

see under hands down. See also: breeze

shoot the breeze

Also, shoot or throw the bull . Talk idly, chat, as in They've been sitting on the porch for hours, just shooting the breeze, or The guys sit around the locker room, throwing the bull. The first of these slangy terms, alluding to talking into the wind, was first recorded in 1919. In the variant, first recorded in 1908, bull is a shortening of bullshit, and means "empty talk" or "lies." See also: breeze, shoot

win hands down

Also, win in a walk or breeze . See under hands down. See also: down, hand, win

shoot the breeze

AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you shoot the breeze, you talk with other people in an informal and friendly way. Goldie does what she likes doing best: shooting the breeze about life, love, and her bad reputation. He's very awkward on social occasions. If you're sitting around a big table in the members' dining room, he won't shoot the breeze like the rest of them. Note: The sense of `shoot' used here is the same as `shoot the rapids', suggesting riding or being carried along by the flow of a conversation. See also: breeze, shoot

win hands down

COMMON1. If you win a contest hands down, you win it easily. We have been beaten in some games which we should have won hands down. Note: You can also say that you beat someone else hands down. When he said he would beat me hands down, I didn't expect him to run like that.2. When you are comparing things, you can say that the thing which is clearly best wins hands down. The New Winter Palace Hotel wins hands down for both comfort and location. Note: You can also say that one thing beats another hands down. I had always enjoyed driving through the New Forest, but two-wheeled travel beats the car hands down. Note: You can also talk about a hands-down winner. In any bar debate about the best Canadian folk song of all time, the hands-down winner is always Tyson's Summer Wages. Note: Hands down is used in other structures where you are saying that something is clearly the best. We are hands-down, flat-out the leaders of the world in this. `The greatest thing ever invented has to be the Thermos flask,' I said. `Easy. Hands down.' Note: This expression was originally used in horse racing to describe jockeys who won their races very easily and could cross the winning line with their hands lowered and the reins loose. See also: down, hand, win

hands down

(especially of winning) easily and decisively. Originally a horse-racing expression, win hands down meant that a jockey was so certain of victory in the closing stages of a race that he could lower his hands, thereby relaxing his hold on the reins and ceasing to urge on his horse.See also: down, hand

shoot the breeze (or the bull)

have a casual conversation. North American informalSee also: breeze, shoot

shoot the ˈbreeze

(also shoot the ˈbull/ˈshit taboo) (both American English, informal) talk in a friendly, informal way; chat: We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.See also: breeze, shoot

breeze through

v.1. To pass through some place swiftly and without lingering: The couple breezed through the room before anyone could say hello to them.2. To make progress with something swiftly and effortlessly: The smart student breezed through the test.See also: breeze, through

breeze

n. an easy task. Nothing to it. It was a breeze.

fan the breeze

tv. to chat or gossip. We’re just fanning the breeze, so you didn’t interrupt anything. See also: breeze, fan

hands down

mod. easily; unquestionably. She won the contest hands down. See also: down, hand

shoot the breeze

tv. to chat casually and without purpose. We spent the entire afternoon just shooting the breeze. See also: breeze, shoot

hands down

1. With no trouble; easily.2. Indisputably; unquestionably.See also: down, hand

shoot the breeze

/bull Slang To spend time talking in an idle manner; talk idly.See also: breeze, shoot

hands down

Easily, without effort. The term comes from racing, where a jockey may drop his hands and relax his hold on the reins when he is sure to win the race. Dating from the mid-nineteenth century, the term still is used with regard to various kinds of competition, as in, “She won the nomination hands down.” See also: down, hand

breeze

breeze 1

breeze 2

breeze

breeze

breeze

breeze1

breeze2

breeze

breeze

breeze

breeze

breeze

breeze

breeze

bat the breeze

in a breeze

breeze along

breeze away

breeze in(to)

breeze off

breeze out

breeze through (something)

hands down

shoot the breeze

fan the breeze

breeze along

breeze away

breeze in

breeze in (to some place)

breeze off

breeze out (of some place)

breeze through

fan the breeze

hands down

shoot the breeze

breeze in

hands down

in a breeze

shoot the breeze

win hands down

shoot the breeze

win hands down

hands down

shoot the breeze (or the bull)

shoot the ˈbreeze

breeze through

breeze

fan the breeze

hands down

shoot the breeze

hands down

shoot the breeze

hands down

breeze

breeze

breeze

pan breeze, breeze

breeze

Synonyms for breeze

noun light wind

Synonyms

noun child's play

Synonyms

verb sweep

Synonyms

Synonyms for breeze

noun a gentle wind

Synonyms

noun a natural movement or current of air

Synonyms

noun an easily accomplished task

Synonyms

verb to move swiftly and effortlessly

Synonyms

Synonyms for breeze

noun a slight wind (usually refreshing)

Synonyms

Related Words

noun any undertaking that is easy to do

breeze¹

breeze²

breeze¹

breeze²