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cheese1 definition

cheese (c̸hēz)

noun

  1. a food made from the curds of soured milk pressed together to form a solid that is usually allowed to ripen
  2. a shaped mass of this
  3. a thing like cheese in shape or consistency

Etymology: ME chese < OE cyse < Gmc *kasjus < IE base *kwat-, to ferment, become sour > L caseus, cheese, OE hwatherian, to foam

cheese Idioms

cheesed off

Slang angry

say cheese!

smile!: a photographer's traditional request of someone whose picture is about to be taken
cheese2 definition

☆ cheese (c̸hēz)

noun

Slang an important person

Etymology: Hindi chīz, a thing < Pers čiz, something

cheese3 definition

cheese (c̸hēz)

intransitive verb cheesed, cheesing chees′·ing

Slang to stop
cheese Idioms

cheese it!

Slang run away fast!

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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