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breeze
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + breeze
a gentle/soft/mild breeze
• It was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a gentle breeze.
a light/slight/faint breeze
• The curtains lifted in the light breeze.
a stiff/strong breeze
• There was a good stiff breeze, just right for sailing.
a cool breeze
• It was getting late and a cool breeze was blowing.
a warm breeze
• A warm breeze ruffled the leaves of the trees.
a fresh breeze
(= cool and quite strong )
• A fresh breeze is blowing from the north.
a sea/ocean breeze
• The boats were moving up and down in the sea breeze.
an evening breeze
• People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
a morning breeze
• the fresh morning breeze
a summer breeze
• He felt the soft summer breeze against his skin.
an easterly/westerly etc breeze
• A gentle easterly breeze was blowing in from the Atlantic.
verbs
a breeze blows
• The strong breeze blew sand in our faces.
a breeze drifts
(= blows very gently )
• A cool breeze drifted through the window.
a breeze comes through/from etc something
• The room was hot and no breeze came through the window.
a breeze stirs/ruffles something
• A light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.
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noun ADJ. faint, gentle, light, little, slight, soft | stiff, strong | sudden | cold, cool, fresh | warm | pleasant pleasant sea breezes | evening, morning, night | sea, summer | northerly, westerly, etc. BREEZE + VERB blow, come, drift A light breeze came off the sea. | ruffle sth, rustle sth, stir sth A sudden breeze rustled the long dry grass. | come up A breeze came up in the late afternoon. | drop PREP. in a/the ~ The curtains fluttered in the night breeze.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary