Word Meanings - BREEZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. Wordsworth. 2. An excited

Additional info about word: BREEZE

brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. Wordsworth. 2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. Land breeze, a wind blowing from the land, generally at night. -- Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BREEZE)

• Blast
• Breeze
• efflation
• explosion
• blight
• burst
• blaze
• frustration
• destruction
• squall
• gale
• tempest
• hurricane
• affiliation
• Draught
• Drink
• traction
• breeze
• check
• Gust
• Squall
• blast
• puff
• fit
• outburst
• Zephyr
• West wind
• mild breeze
• gentle wind

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BREEZE)

• Restore
• expand
• swell
• Cohere
• hold
• stand
• Loose
• liberate
• instigate
• accelerate
• license
• indulge
• allow
• abet

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• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
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  By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
• BLASTMENT
  A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
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• ALLOW
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  Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. Heywood. -- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
• ALLOWER
  1. An approver or abettor. 2. One who allows or permits.
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  The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.
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  Indulgence. Wood.
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• BLASTODERMATIC; BLASTODERMIC
  Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
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  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
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• SPANKING BREEZE
  a strong breeze.
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  Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
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  To drink to excess.
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  To withstand.
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  To swell or rise up.