figurative. Of the wind: calm, gentle. Obsolete.

Of a wind: light, slight, gentle.

Having a soft or light tread. poetic. Used figuratively of the passage of time or the movement of incorporeal or ethereal things.

literary. Of a wind: blowing gently, light and soft.

Of or pertaining to the west wind; hence, favourable, gentle, propitious.

of, relating to, or reminiscent of, a zephyr or light breeze; cf. zephyrean adj.

Of wind, or tide: Blowing, or running, with very little strength or speed.

of, relating to, or reminiscent of, a zephyr or light breeze; cf. zephyrean adj. zephyrian adj.

of the nature of a zephyr or light breeze; characterized by or affected by zephyrs.

of the nature of, or reminiscent of, a zephyr or light breeze; cf. zephyrian adj.