Definition of Gentle wind

1. Noun. A slight wind (usually refreshing). "As he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

Exact synonyms: Air, Breeze, Zephyr
Specialized synonyms: Sea Breeze, Breath, Light Air, Light Breeze, Gentle Breeze, Moderate Breeze, Fresh Breeze, Strong Breeze
Generic synonyms: Air Current, Current Of Air, Wind
Derivative terms: Airy, Breeze, Breezy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentle Wind

gentility
gentilize
gentilized
gentilizes
gentilizing
gentilly
gentiobiase
gentiobiose
gentiopicrin
gentiopikrin
gentisic acid
gentisin
gentle
gentle-hearted
gentle breeze
gentle wind (current term)
gentled
gentlefolk
gentlefolks
gentleladies
gentlelady
gentleman
gentleman's-cane
gentleman's agreement
gentleman's bet
gentleman's gentleman
gentleman-at-arms
gentleman about town
gentleman cow
gentleman farmer

Literary usage of Gentle wind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"... And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon ! upon all this, Begun and died upon the gentle wind. And cast a wide and tender light, which softened down ..."

2. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"Light variable airs at 6 PM, SE at 8 PM, increasing to a gentle wind at midnight. Cloudy, overcast weather till 6 AM Fine clear weather till 7 PM generally. ..."

3. A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems by Arthur Waley (1919)
"A gentle wind By Fu ... [died AD 278] A GENTLE wind fans the calm night: A bright moon shines on the high tower ..."

4. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"Light variable airs at 6 PM, SE at 8 PM, increasing to a gentle wind at midnight. Cloudy, overcast weather till 6 AM Fine clear weather till 7 PM generally. ..."

5. Annotations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew by Charles Frederick Schaeffer (1895)
"It had a long, hollow stem which yielded to the most gentle wind; it possessed little strength (1 Kings 14 : 15, and see Matt. 12:20, A.). ..."

6. Photometric Researches by Charles Sanders Peirce (1878)
"27 „ July 1 .11 Pretty clear, gentle wind, no moon. Later, clouds. 28 „ » 2 .16 Nearly clear, ... 30 „ „ 19 .18 gentle wind, full moon. Haze near horizon. ..."

7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"A gradual dispersion of the kind is only occasioned by a gentle wind. The light breezes which sweep through valleys shortly after sunrise, ascending air- ..."

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