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zephyr
/ˈzɛfɚ/
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What does zephyr mean?
noun
- A light wind from the west.
- Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.
- Anything of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A type of soft confectionery made by whipping fruit and berry purée (mostly apple purée) with sugar and egg whites with subsequent addition of a gelling agent like pectin, carrageenan, agar, or gelatine.
verb
- To blow or move like a zephyr, or light breeze.
- To blow or blow on gently like a zephyr; to cool or refresh with a gentle breeze.
proper noun
- The god of the West Wind.
- The west wind personified.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈzɛfɚ/
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“I will bind up your poor little leg, and Zephyr shall rock you to sleep.”
Listen to every zephyr for some reproof, for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.
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Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.
He felt a zephyr curling about his cheek, and turned.
One hopes that her punishment finished with her acquittal, and that the mood of the mob, as apt as a flying straw to veer for a zephyr as for a whirlwind, swung to her favour from mere revulsion on her escape from the scaffold.