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Meanings of zephyr in English

Portuguese
zefir
Catalan
oreig
Spanish
brisa

A slight wind (usually refreshing)

        zefir
        Spanish
        zefir

        Sheer lightweight cotton fabric.

              zefir
              Usage of zephyr in English
              1
              He comes also in the summer zephyr, which brings life and beauty.
              The Great Doctrines of the Bible
              2
              They were silent, listening to the zephyr whistling around the Hat Ranch.
              The Long Chance
              3
              I even prefer a Boston east wind to the mildest western zephyr.
              The Old Stone House
              4
              Not a zephyr moved the air, not a rustling leaf was there.
              Town and Country; Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Withi...
              5
              In a voice as gentle as a zephyr she replied: No, no!
              The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 3
              6
              She had held her breath; now I felt it like the lightest zephyr.
              Mr. Justice Raffles
              7
              The morning was perfect, a delightfully refreshing zephyr lightly stirring in the trees.
              As It Was in the Beginning
              8
              The winds and tempest came later than we expected-weeven lost a zephyr.
              The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
              9
              The wind seemed to have diminished to a chill, fitful zephyr.
              The Pretty Lady
              10
              Then the wind blew in a changed spirit, and died away to a zephyr.
              A Pair of Blue Eyes
              11
              The moment I feel the slightest zephyr, I long to send it to you.
              Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845
              12
              The market is a zephyr in the whirlwind of headlines.
              Reuters
              13
              Not a zephyr breeze stirred the leaves of the trees.
              Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wa...
              14
              The storm that followed made the first seem a zephyr.
              Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
              15
              Now that they'd been discovered the Storm would surely downscale to a mere zephyr.
              The Guardian
              16
              A breath of rising zephyr stirred their blossoms as she regarded them in passing.
              In the Valley
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              Translations for zephyr
              Spanish
              brisazefir
              Zephyr through the time
              Zephyr across language varieties
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