Not a breeze can stir but it thrills us with the breath of autumn. The Old Manse (From Mosses From An Old Manse) Nathaniel Hawthorne Her stiff cap moved in the breeze as it swung from the corner of her mirror.
1. a slight indentation or depression, as one produced in the surface of one organ by pressure exerted by another. 2. a negative imprint of an object made in some plastic material that later solidifies. 3. an effect produced upon the mind, body, or senses by some external stimulus or agent. basilar impression.
[noncount] medical. : loss of feeling in a person's body or part of the body through the use of drugs. The patient was given an injection to induce anesthesia. patients who are under general anesthesia [=patients who have been given drugs that make them unconscious and unable to feel pain]. The doctor removed the mole while the patient was under local anesthesia. [=the patient had been given drugs that took away feeling in only the part of the body where the doctor worked]. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. Comments & Questions. Comments & Questions.