(brēz) noun
1. A moderate current of air; a gentle wind. See BEAUFORT SCALE.
2. Brit. Colloq. A flutter of excitement; agitation; disturbance.
3. A vague rumor; whisper. See synonyms under WIND.
4. Slang Ease; facility: The horse won in a breeze.
—v. i. breezed, breez·ing
1. To blow moderately; begin to blow: It's breezing up.
2. Slang To go or proceed quickly and blithely.
—to breeze in Slang To enter in an airy, vivacious manner.
—to breeze up To spring up, as a wind; also, to grow stronger. [<Sp. and Pg. brisa, briza northeast wind]

(brēz) noun
A gadfly or a botfly. [OE breosa gadfly]

(brēz) noun Brit.
Refuse cinders, small coke, or fine coal used in burning bricks in a kiln. [?<Fbraise hot embers]