breeze
noun
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Pronunciation: /bɹiːz/
name
Etymology: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Breese. * As a Welsh surname, from ap Rhys (“son of Rhys”); see Reese.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Probably from French braise (“burning coals”).
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem- (“to make a noise, buzz, hum”). Cognate with Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), French brize (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.
- To buzz.