breeze – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of breeze

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to breeze in
Participle: breezed in
Gerund: breezing in

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of breeze

Indicative

Present

Ibreeze in
youbreeze in
he;she;itbreezes in
webreeze in
youbreeze in
theybreeze in

Perfect

Ihave breezed in
youhave breezed in
he;she;ithas breezed in
wehave breezed in
youhave breezed in
theyhave breezed in

Past

Ibreezed in
youbreezed in
he;she;itbreezed in
webreezed in
youbreezed in
theybreezed in

Pluperfect

Ihad breezed in
youhad breezed in
he;she;ithad breezed in
wehad breezed in
youhad breezed in
theyhad breezed in

Future

Iwill breeze in
youwill breeze in
he;she;itwill breeze in
wewill breeze in
youwill breeze in
theywill breeze in

Future Perfect

Iwill have breezed in
youwill have breezed in
he;she;itwill have breezed in
wewill have breezed in
youwill have breezed in
theywill have breezed in

Subjunctive

Present

Ibreeze in
youbreeze in
he;she;itbreeze in
webreeze in
youbreeze in
theybreeze in

Perfect

Ihave breezed in
youhave breezed in
he;she;ithave breezed in
wehave breezed in
youhave breezed in
theyhave breezed in

Imperfect

Ibreezed in
youbreezed in
he;she;itbreezed in
webreezed in
youbreezed in
theybreezed in

Pluperfect

Ihad breezed in
youhad breezed in
he;she;ithad breezed in
wehad breezed in
youhad breezed in
theyhad breezed in

Conditional

Present

Iwould breeze in
youwould breeze in
he;she;itwould breeze in
wewould breeze in
youwould breeze in
theywould breeze in

Perfect

Iwould have breezed in
youwould have breezed in
he;she;itwould have breezed in
wewould have breezed in
youwould have breezed in
theywould have breezed in

Imperative

youbreeze in
weLet's breeze in
youbreeze in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam breezing in
youare breezing in
he;she;itis breezing in
weare breezing in
youare breezing in
theyare breezing in

Perfect

Ihave been breezing in
youhave been breezing in
he;she;ithas been breezing in
wehave been breezing in
youhave been breezing in
theyhave been breezing in

Past

Iwas breezing in
youwere breezing in
he;she;itwas breezing in
wewere breezing in
youwere breezing in
theywere breezing in

Pluperfect

Ihad been breezing in
youhad been breezing in
he;she;ithad been breezing in
wehad been breezing in
youhad been breezing in
theyhad been breezing in

Future

Iwill be breezing in
youwill be breezing in
he;she;itwill be breezing in
wewill be breezing in
youwill be breezing in
theywill be breezing in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been breezing in
youwill have been breezing in
he;she;itwill have been breezing in
wewill have been breezing in
youwill have been breezing in
theywill have been breezing in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be breezing in
youwould be breezing in
he;she;itwould be breezing in
wewould be breezing in
youwould be breezing in
theywould be breezing in

Perfect

Iwould have been breezing in
youwould have been breezing in
he;she;itwould have been breezing in
wewould have been breezing in
youwould have been breezing in
theywould have been breezing in

Other

Verbs similar to 'breeze'

bleeze, breede, breezen, freeze, braize, braze, breech, breed, breste, bronze,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flow
glide, float

Antonyms

flow
halt, stop, cease, fail

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1565, "north or northeast wind," from O.Sp. briza "cold northeast wind;" in W.Indies and Spanish Main, the sense shifting to "northeast trade wind," then "fresh wind from the sea." Eng. sense of "gentle or light wind" is from 1626. An alternate possibility is E.Fris. brisen "to blow fresh and strong." The slang for "something easy" is Amer.Eng., c.1928; breezeway is 1931, Amer.Eng.; breezy "easygoing, jovial" is from 1870.
2. From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure.
3. 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”).
4. 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 modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted.
5. Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Briese', Dutch 'brysen'.

Sample Sentences

  • Resting most of their first-choice players for Sunday's vital Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia, Wales started with four debutants and breezed into an early lead thanks to headers by captain Ben Davies and Kieffer Moore. [2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport:]
  • She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... [2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):]
  • The first was a school of medium-sized ( 10-pound average ) fish that breezed frequently but bit poorly. [1970, Commercial Fisheries Review - Volume 32, page 37:]
  • The Queen Mary stood by while a speedboat moved ahead of a breezing school of tuna to deploy the sound projector and a sonobuoy (Figure 6). [1979, Frank T. Awbrey, Thomas Duffy, WIlliam E. Evans, C. Scott Johnson, Wesley Parks, John DeBeer, The Tuna/Porpoise Problem: Dedicated Vessel Research Program, page 10:]
  • An intermediate line has its place when chasing breezing tuna that are moving at mach speed on the surface. [2011, Mike Rieser, Fly Fishing the Baja and Beyond, page 143:]