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Sat 22 Feb, 2014 03:05 am
A breeze is a gentle wild. Can it be strong?
Context:
After weeks of relative calm, trucks and tents burned, molotov cocktails smashed against police shields and banners illuminated by the flames whipped in the strong breeze. At least 25 people were reported killed and 240 hospitalized in the latest flare-up of protests that began last fall after President Viktor Yanukovych rejected a trade deal with Europe and turned to Russia for financial help.
@oristarA,
Probably not. The word breeze is usually used to mean a light wind. If it were strong, you'd use some other word, like wind, for example.
@oristarA,
Ori: A breeze is a gentle wild. Can it be strong?
Yes, breeze is often modified - gentle/brisk/strong
The commonly used scale to describe winds is the Beaufort Scale, invented by a British admiral named (unsurprisingly) Beaufort, in 1805..
The Beaufort Scale lists light, gentle, moderate, fresh and strong breezes.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
The commonly used scale to describe winds is the Beaufort Scale, invented by a British admiral named (unsurprisingly) Beaufort, in 1805..
The Beaufort Scale lists light, gentle, moderate, fresh and strong breezes.
Furthermore, none of the names of the Beaufort levels 0 to 12 is actually called a 'wind'. All movements of air from 'light air' to 'hurricane' are kinds of wind.
UK Met Office list:
0 Calm (glassy)
1 Light air
2 Light breeze
3 Gentle breeze
4 Moderate breeze
5 Fresh breeze
6 Strong breeze
7 Near gale
8 Gale
9 Severe gale
10 Storm
11 Violent storm
12 Hurricane
However, the average person speaking conversationally would frequently use the word wind for this.
@Brandon9000,
You must be talking about you Florida wussies.
I'm going to start calling all the TV stations to make them stop saying things as "Winds tonight will be out of the North-Northwest at about 10MPH." and start saying "Breezes...... ." and "Gales.... ."
Joe(windbag)Nation
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