breeze – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of breeze

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to breeze through sth
Participle: breezed through sth
Gerund: breezing through sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of breeze

Indicative

Present

Ibreeze through sth
youbreeze through sth
he;she;itbreezes through sth
webreeze through sth
youbreeze through sth
theybreeze through sth

Perfect

Ihave breezed through sth
youhave breezed through sth
he;she;ithas breezed through sth
wehave breezed through sth
youhave breezed through sth
theyhave breezed through sth

Past

Ibreezed through sth
youbreezed through sth
he;she;itbreezed through sth
webreezed through sth
youbreezed through sth
theybreezed through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad breezed through sth
youhad breezed through sth
he;she;ithad breezed through sth
wehad breezed through sth
youhad breezed through sth
theyhad breezed through sth

Future

Iwill breeze through sth
youwill breeze through sth
he;she;itwill breeze through sth
wewill breeze through sth
youwill breeze through sth
theywill breeze through sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have breezed through sth
youwill have breezed through sth
he;she;itwill have breezed through sth
wewill have breezed through sth
youwill have breezed through sth
theywill have breezed through sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ibreeze through sth
youbreeze through sth
he;she;itbreeze through sth
webreeze through sth
youbreeze through sth
theybreeze through sth

Perfect

Ihave breezed through sth
youhave breezed through sth
he;she;ithave breezed through sth
wehave breezed through sth
youhave breezed through sth
theyhave breezed through sth

Imperfect

Ibreezed through sth
youbreezed through sth
he;she;itbreezed through sth
webreezed through sth
youbreezed through sth
theybreezed through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad breezed through sth
youhad breezed through sth
he;she;ithad breezed through sth
wehad breezed through sth
youhad breezed through sth
theyhad breezed through sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould breeze through sth
youwould breeze through sth
he;she;itwould breeze through sth
wewould breeze through sth
youwould breeze through sth
theywould breeze through sth

Perfect

Iwould have breezed through sth
youwould have breezed through sth
he;she;itwould have breezed through sth
wewould have breezed through sth
youwould have breezed through sth
theywould have breezed through sth

Imperative

youbreeze through sth
weLet's breeze through sth
youbreeze through sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam breezing through sth
youare breezing through sth
he;she;itis breezing through sth
weare breezing through sth
youare breezing through sth
theyare breezing through sth

Perfect

Ihave been breezing through sth
youhave been breezing through sth
he;she;ithas been breezing through sth
wehave been breezing through sth
youhave been breezing through sth
theyhave been breezing through sth

Past

Iwas breezing through sth
youwere breezing through sth
he;she;itwas breezing through sth
wewere breezing through sth
youwere breezing through sth
theywere breezing through sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been breezing through sth
youhad been breezing through sth
he;she;ithad been breezing through sth
wehad been breezing through sth
youhad been breezing through sth
theyhad been breezing through sth

Future

Iwill be breezing through sth
youwill be breezing through sth
he;she;itwill be breezing through sth
wewill be breezing through sth
youwill be breezing through sth
theywill be breezing through sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been breezing through sth
youwill have been breezing through sth
he;she;itwill have been breezing through sth
wewill have been breezing through sth
youwill have been breezing through sth
theywill have been breezing through sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be breezing through sth
youwould be breezing through sth
he;she;itwould be breezing through sth
wewould be breezing through sth
youwould be breezing through sth
theywould be breezing through sth

Perfect

Iwould have been breezing through sth
youwould have been breezing through sth
he;she;itwould have been breezing through sth
wewould have been breezing through sth
youwould have been breezing through sth
theywould have been breezing through sth

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:]