breezing

Verb (1)

breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)

1. (intransitive, usually) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
   • Resting most of their first-choice players for Sunday's vital Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia, Wales started with four debutants and breezed into an early lead thanks to headers by captain Ben Davies and Kieffer Moore.2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport
2. (intransitive) To blow gently.
   • She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ...2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in...
3. (intransitive) To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
4. (intransitive) To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.
   • The first was a school of medium-sized ( 10-pound average ) fish that breezed frequently but bit poorly.1970, Commercial Fisheries Review - Volume 32, page 37

Verb (2)

breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)

1. (intransitive) To buzz.

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