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Breeze is a related term of hump.


As a noun breeze

is a gadfly; a horsefly or breeze can be a light, gentle wind.

As a verb breeze

is to buzz or breeze can be to move casually, in a carefree manner.

As a proper noun hump is

the himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between india and china.

breeze

English

(wikipedia breeze)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) brese, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

*

Noun

(breezes)
  • A gadfly; a horsefly.
  • A strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.

    • Verb

  • To buzz.

    • Etymology 2

    1555, nautical term .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light, gentle wind.
  • :
  • *(William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
  • *: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.
  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
  • :
  • (lb) Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. .
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * See also * cakewalk, cinch, doddle, piece of cake, walk in the park, walkover; see also
    Coordinate terms
    * (gentle wind) gale, hurricane, storm
    See also
    * breeze block *

    Verb

    (breez)
  • To move casually, in a carefree manner.
  • (weather) To blow gently.
  • * '>citation
  • To take a horse under a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.

    • Anagrams

    *

    hump

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hump) (en noun)
  • A mound of earth.
  • A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
  • A speed hump.
  • (rft-sense) A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
  • (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • (British, slang) A bad mood.
    • get the hump''', have the '''hump''', take the '''hump .
  • (slang) A painfully boorish person.
    • That guy is such a hump !

    Synonyms

    * (abnormal deformity of the spine) gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

    See also

    * over the hump * hump day * speed hump

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bend something into a hump.
  • (slang) To carry something, especially with some exertion.
  • (slang) To carry, especially with some exertion.
  • (intransitive) To dry-hump.
  • (slang) To have sex with.
  • (slang) To have sex.

    • Derived terms

    * dry-hump