FRESH BREEZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fresh breeze mean? 

• FRESH BREEZE (noun)
  The noun FRESH BREEZE has 1 sense:

1. wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale

  Familiarity information: FRESH BREEZE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRESH BREEZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("fresh breeze" is a kind of...):

air; breeze; gentle wind; zephyr (a slight wind (usually refreshing))

Holonyms ("fresh breeze" is a part of...):

Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))

 Context examples 

The fresh breeze was blowing right down upon us, and I could hear the whistle plainly, off to one side and a little ahead.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

When we got home the fresh breeze had braced her up, and her pale cheeks were really more rosy.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river, far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing any more of the poison of the flowers, and here they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited for the fresh breeze to waken her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The boat was close-hauled on a fresh breeze and the compass indicated that we were just making the course which would bring us to Japan.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was a fresh breeze, very fresh, but I resolved to run as long as I dared.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I came on deck, after a good night’s rest in spite of my poor knee, to find the Ghost foaming along, wing-and-wing, and every sail drawing except the jibs, with a fresh breeze astern.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A fresh breeze was blowing, and for a time I was alone in the moist obscurity—yet not alone, for I was dimly conscious of the presence of the pilot, and of what I took to be the captain, in the glass house above my head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)