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upbreeze

upbreeze adjective: upwind.

Adjective

upbreeze (not comparable)

  1. upwind
    • The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was.1995, Louis Owens, The Sharpest Sight, page 12

Noun

upbreeze (plural upbreezes)

  1. A breeze that blows upward.
    • He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […]2014, MJ Bird, The Exiled Aslignhain
    • It was hot, stifling, my robe's upbreeze now nonexistent.2022, Rob Rosen, Bobby Ray Breaks the Universe

Forms of upbreeze

pluralupbreezes

Origin of upbreeze

From up- + breeze.

Questions about upbreeze

What does upbreeze mean?
Upbreeze means upwind.
What part of speech is upbreeze?
Upbreeze can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near upbreeze in the dictionary

  1. upbreathing
  2. upbred
  3. upbreed
  4. upbreeding
  5. upbreeds
  6. upbreeze
  7. upbreezes
  8. upbrighten
  9. upbrightened
  10. upbrightening
  11. upbrightens

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