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breeze
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?i?z/
- Rhymes: -i?z
Etymology 1
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure.
Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”).
The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a corruption of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted.
Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).
Alternative forms
- brize (obsolete)
- briess (obsolete)
Noun
breeze (plural breezes)
- A light, gentle wind.
- 1793, William Wordsworth, An Evening Walk
- Into a gradual calm the breezes sink.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- 1793, William Wordsworth, An Evening Walk
- (figuratively) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
- (cricket) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
- Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
- An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
- A brief workout for a racehorse.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:wind
- cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park, walkover; see also Thesaurus:easy thing
Coordinate terms
- (gentle wind): gale, hurricane, storm
Derived terms
- breezen
Translations
See also
- breeze block
- Wikipedia article on the Beaufort scale
Verb
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed) (intransitive)
- (usually with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.
- (weather) To blow gently.
- 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.
Translations
References
Etymology 2
From Middle English brese, from Old English br?osa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremus? (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?erem- (“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 frem? (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.
Alternative forms
- breese
- brize
Noun
breeze (plural breezes)
- A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
Verb
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)
- (intransitive) To buzz.
Anagrams
- beezer
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trek
English
Alternative forms
- treck (archaic)
Etymology
From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and tr?ken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekan?, *trakjan? (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?k, IPA(key): /t??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
trek (plural treks)
- (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
- (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
- A slow or difficult journey.
- A long walk.
- Synonym: slog
Verb
trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)
- (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
- (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
Related terms
- trigger
Translations
Anagrams
- rekt
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /træk/
Etymology 1
From Dutch trekken.
Verb
trek (present trek, present participle trekkende, past participle getrek)
- to haul
- to move (moving house)
- to pull
Descendants
- ? English: trek
Etymology 2
From Dutch trek.
Noun
trek (plural trekke)
- journey
Derived terms
- Groot Trek
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tr?k/
- Hyphenation: trek
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch trec, from trecken.
Noun
trek m (plural trekken, diminutive trekje n)
- (uncountable) appetite
- Ik heb trek in een reep chocola — I could (now) have a chocolate bar
- Ik heb geen trek in deze klus — I have no mind to carry out this task
- (countable) journey, migration
- (uncountable) animal migration
- (uncountable) draught, air current through a chimney.
- (countable) feature, trait
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
trek
- first-person singular present indicative of trekken
- imperative of trekken
Anagrams
- rekt
French
Noun
trek m (plural treks)
- treck
- trecking
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?ek]
Noun
trek
- truck
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 30
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