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gentle breeze

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gentle breeze
n.
A wind with a speed from 7 to 10 knots (8 to 12 miles per hour; 13 to 19 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
gentle breeze
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol a light breeze of force three on the Beaufort scale, blowing at 8-12 mph
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Noun1.gentle breeze - wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
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A gentle breeze kept the red weed that covered every scrap of unoccupied ground gently swaying.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Above, the sky would be of a cold blue colour, save for a fringe of flame-coloured streaks on the horizon that kept turning ever paler and paler; and when the moon had come out there would be wafted through the limpid air the sounds of a frightened bird fluttering, of a bulrush rubbing against its fellows in the gentle breeze, and of a fish rising with a splash.
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A few fleecy clouds were floating in the heavens, and indicated from their appearance a continuance of beautiful weather, tempered by a gentle breeze from the east.
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