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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

upbreeze en · ADJ

Etymology

From up- + breeze.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) upwind
    • The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was. 1995, Louis Owens, The Sharpest Sight, page 12:

upbreeze en · NOUN

Etymology

From up- + breeze.

Meanings

  1. A breeze that blows upward.
    • It was hot, stifling, my robe's upbreeze now nonexistent. 2022, Rob Rosen, Bobby Ray Breaks the Universe:
    • He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […] 2014, MJ Bird, The Exiled Aslignhain:

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