From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Naturezephyrzeph‧yr /ˈzefə $ -ər/ noun [countable]literaryDNAL a softgentle windExamples from the Corpuszephyr• Joecrankedratchets; and Tom moved around the garage like a zephyr.• Not a bird, not an insect, not a zephyrrelieves that hot, heavy silence.• This one lifted up, as if carried on a zephyr, and vanished in the hazy agricultural distance.• The child was a zephyr, a wind-spirit.Originzephyr(900-1000)Latinzephyrus"west wind", from Greekzephyros