GENTLE BREEZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gentle breeze mean? 

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

1. wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENTLE BREEZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

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

Holonyms ("gentle 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 storm had died down now to a gentle breeze, which wafted to his ears the long-drawn stirring bugle-calls which sounded from the ancient ramparts.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices as the fishermen called to one another.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Some hours passed thus; but by degrees, as the sun declined towards the horizon, the wind died away into a gentle breeze and the sea became free from breakers.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)