sea breeze

Noun
Synonyms: sea breeze

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)Synonyms: sea breeze
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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