Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The west wind.
- noun A gentle breeze.
- noun Any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments, especially a lightweight, checked gingham fabric.
- noun Something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The west wind; poetically, any soft, mild, gentle breeze.
- noun In entomology, a butterfly of the genus Zephyrus.
- noun A trade-name for a textile fabric or yarn, very fine and light of its kind, and for some other things of similar qualities: chiefly in attributive use: as, zephyr worsted; zephyr crackers (that is, biscuits).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.
- noun a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool.
- noun a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton.
- noun a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a light wind from the west
- noun any light
refreshing wind ; agentle breeze - noun any thing of fine,
soft , or light quality, especiallyfabric
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind
- noun a slight wind (usually refreshing)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Surges of energy, kaleidoscopic sunlight through the leaves, the soft breeze that makes me want to say the word "zephyr" -- this mindless simplicity can be called happiness.
Bella Tuscany: Summary and book reviews of Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes. 1999
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With these nine figures, and with the sign 0 which the Arabs call zephyr, any number whatsoever is written, as will be demonstrated.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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With these nine figures, and with the sign 0 which the Arabs call zephyr, any number whatsoever is written, as will be demonstrated.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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With these nine figures, and with the sign 0 which the Arabs call zephyr, any number whatsoever is written, as will be demonstrated.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Another thing they've talked about putting into place is a software program they're calling zephyr which will allow parents to see if their child has a MySpace profile and see what age their child is claiming to be.
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The software called zephyr (ph) will be available this summer.
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This is what happened after the convention of the blackbirds: A moaning south wind brought rain; a southwest wind turned the rain to snow; what is called a zephyr, out of the west, drifted the snow; a north wind sent the mercury far below freezing.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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This is what happened after the convention of the blackbirds: A moaning south wind brought rain; a southwest wind turned the rain to snow; what is called a zephyr, out of the west, drifted the snow; a north wind sent the mercury far below freezing.
How Spring Came in New England Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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He's protecting -- or stealing -- a really, really, really neat battery (yes: a battery) called the zephyr, which was designed by a supergenius young man named Simon (Paul Dano).
Baltimore City Paper 2010
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Today he wanted me to spell "zephyr" and see how many points that would be on a triple-word.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
kalidas commented on the word zephyr
definition: a soft warm breeze from the west ;
any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing, like shawl
Also see:
BREEZE, GALE, GUST, BLAST, TORNADO, WATERSPOUT, TWISTER, SQUALL, HURRICANE, WHIRLWIND, CYCLONE, TYPHOON,FAVONIAN
January 1, 2007
seanmeade commented on the word zephyr
zephyr is the Greek equivalent of the Roman favonius
March 26, 2007
JohnChaneski commented on the word zephyr
I'd like it if you had a section for "cultural usage" or something like that. When I think of "zephyr" I'm always reminded of the episode of The Twilight Zone titled "The Mighty Casey" in which a scientist creates a robot to pitch for a fictional baseball team called the Hoboken Zephyrs.
August 3, 2009
100000656913442 commented on the word zephyr
I move myself on the sofa - and a zephyr from the direction of the minor fans my cheek.(ONLINE DICTIONARY)
September 27, 2010
653880459 commented on the word zephyr
is how gums and bliss travel
February 1, 2011