The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breeze \Breeze\, v. i.
   To blow gently. [R.] --J. Barlow.
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   To breeze up (Naut.), to blow with increasing freshness.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
   briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
   wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
   north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
   1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
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            Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
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   2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
      excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
      produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. braise cinders, live coals. See
   Brasier.]
   1. Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning
      charcoal.
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   2. (Brickmaking) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used
      in the burning of bricks.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breeze \Breeze\, Breeze fly \Breeze" fly`\, n. [OE. brese, AS.
   bri['o]sa; perh. akin to OHG. brimissa, G. breme, bremse, D.
   brems, which are akin to G. brummen to growl, buzz, grumble,
   L. fremere to murmur; cf. G. brausen, Sw. brusa, Dan. bruse,
   to roar, rush.] (Zool.)
   A fly of various species, of the family Tabanid[ae], noted
   for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking
   their blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They
   are among the largest of two-winged or dipterous insects. The
   name is also given to different species of botflies. [Written
   also breese and brize.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

breeze
    n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled
         by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his
         neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air]
    2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
       will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap,
       duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece
       of cake]
    v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the
         shore"
    2: to proceed quickly and easily