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cheese en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese From Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Doublet of queso. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Síes (“cheese”), West Frisian tsiis (“cheese”), Dutch kaas (“cheese”), German Low German Kees (“cheese”), German Käse (“cheese”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
  2. (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.
  3. (countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
    • He had a gloating expression on his face, and was perseveringly rolling a large cheese along the middle of the road. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 153:
    • In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels. 2015 August 14, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal, volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 118–127:
  4. (UK, uncountable) A thick variety of jam (fruit preserve), as distinguished from a thinner variety (sometimes called jelly)
    • 1807, Nutt, F. (1807). The Complete Confectioner: Or, The Whole Art of Confectionary Made Easy: Containing, Among a Variety of Useful Matter, the Art of Making the Various Kinds of Biscuits, Drops ... as Also the Most Approved Method of Making Cheeses, Puddings, Cakes &c. in 250 Cheap and Fashionable Receipts. The Result of Many Years Experience with the Celebrated Negri and Witten. United Kingdom: reprinted, for Richard Scott and sold at his bookstore, no. 243 Pearl-street. p.82-3, No.244. Damson Cheese: “Pick the damsons free from stalks···You may make plum or bullace cheese in the same way···”
  5. (countable, uncountable) A substance resembling cream cheese, such as lemon cheese
  6. (colloquial, uncountable) That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
    • A film ostensibly about the lead singer of a hair metal band killing innocent people on a future planet Earth, Alienator is the epitome of low-budget cheese. 2012 June 18, Ryan Lambie, “10 delightfully cheesy 90s sci-fi movie trailers”, in Den of Geek!, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2017:
    • It's time to add some cheese to this action burger! Every genre has them, everybody loves them ... it's the parodies! 2012, Katrina Hill, Action Movie Freak, page 117:
  7. (slang, uncountable) Money.
  8. (UK, countable) In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
  9. (slang, uncountable) A fastball.
  10. (slang, uncountable) A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
  11. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Smegma.
  12. (countable, uncountable) Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
    • 2006, US Patent 7458053, International Business Machines Corporation It is known in the art to insert features that are electrically inactive (“fill structures”) into a layout to increase layout pattern density or and to remove features from the layout (“cheese structures”) to decrease layout pattern density.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
    • Apple pulp is poured into the cloth until the frame is full. The edges of the cloth are folded over the pulp forming a cloth-bound bed of apple pulp, called a 'cheese' as it resembles the European-style bound cheese. The frame is removed, a divider is placed on the 'cheese' and another 'cheese' is built on top of the first, and so on. 2011, P. Rutledge, “Production of Non-Fermented Fruit Products”, in D. Arthey, P.R. Ashurst, editors, Fruit Processing, →ISBN, page 77:
  14. (countable, uncountable) The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).
  15. (countable, uncountable) A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
    • The time was morning; the young lady was not fifteen; her spirits were as the spirits of a fawn in May; her tour of duty for the day was either not come, or was gone; and, finding herself alone in a spacious room, what more reasonable thing could she do than amuse herself with making cheeses? that is, whirling round, according to a fashion practised by young ladies both in France and England, and pirouetting until the petticoat is inflated like a balloon, and then sinking into a courtesy. 1853, Thomas De Quincey, “I Enter the World”, in Autobiographic Sketches:
    • "I thank your ladyship, I don't like tanzing, and I don't like cards," says Miss Hester, tossing up her head; and, dropping a curtsey like a "cheese," she strutted away from the Countess's table. 1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 34, in The Virginians:
    • Mrs. Curzon-Bowlby, thus deserted in the middle of the room, dropped the prettiest of "cheeses," and broke into a merry peal of unaffected laughter. 1897, Stanley John Weyman, “The Deanery Ball”, in For the Cause:

Forms

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cheesen Number=Plur archaic lexicographic
cheeses Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

fill (antonym(s) of “circuitry”)

Deriveds

cheese-rennet · cheese spread · cheese-tub · American cheese · cheese fingers · Munster cheese · head-cheese · Zamorano cheese · Idiazabal cheese · cheese on toast · Yankee cheese-box · cheese-hake · pimento cheese · slip cheese · cheesewich · cheese monkey · cheesehamburger · Asiago cheese · cheese-crate · a little bit of bread and no cheese · Sage Derby cheese · Saint-André cheese · human cheese · cheese curl · cheese-bowl · cheese-box · cheesed off · Dutch cheese · Bonchester cheese · cheese rack · Leicestershire cheese · store cheese · cream-cheese · cheese knife · cheese cutter · cheese-knife · cheese straw · Liederkranz cheese · grated cheese · cheese-pale · cheesedick · stirred curd cheese · cheese and rice · frog cheese · mite cheese · cheese-moat · cheeseware · Limburger cheese · Cuba cheese · sage-cheese · cheese-bail · Emmenthal cheese · Swiss cheese · chaffle · nipcheese · mac 'n' cheese · cheese-board · cheese-press · goat's-milk cheese · macaroni-and-cheese · White Stilton cheese · grilled cheese · cheese and bread · goat's cheese · Leyden cheese · cheese-eating surrender monkey · Exmoor Blue cheese · cotija cheese · cheese-borer · string cheese · Gouda cheese · Tilsit cheese · Sakura cheese · cheese-headed · chalk and cheese · pickcheese · Cheswick · Leicester cheese · Buxton Blue cheese · sour milk cheese · jack cheese · cold-pack cheese · Lancashire cheese · nacho cheese · Edam cheese · cheese box · cheeseball · cheesable · cheesing · Provel cheese · blue-veined cheese · spray cheese · cheese stick · cheesy · Feta cheese · goat cheese · Danish Blue cheese · cheese paper · canned cheese · Criollo cheese · Creole cream cheese · quince cheese · cheese roll · Testouri cheese · cheese dish · cheesymite scroll · cheesewoman · cheese-bug · cheese fries · Waterloo cheese · lemon cheese · Single Gloucester cheese · cheese skipper · Wensleydale cheese · cheese pizza · cheeseparing · cheese bus · hoop cheese · cottage cheese ass · Jack cheese · cheesetastic · cheese ball · Leidse cheese · pub cheese · Cheddar cheese · yoghurt cheese · Cheshire cheese · basket cheese · cheesecake · Abertam cheese · cheese scoop · romano cheese · cheesesteak · cheese syndrome · brick cheese · soft cheese · Dunlop cheese · Ilchester cheese · Caithness cheese · cheese powder · marble cheese · Rumi cheese · Tilsiter cheese · Derby cheese · Chihuahua cheese · Coon cheese · apple-cheese · cheeser · Emmental cheese · cheese trier · cheesine · cheese doodle · Fetta cheese · cheese-hopper · green cheese · stirred-curd cheese · Shropshire Blue cheese · cheese down · Dorset Blue Vinney cheese · Lincolnshire Poacher cheese · rat cheese · cheesewright · toe cheese · Limburg cheese · white cheese polypore · groaning cheese · cheese rennet · bread-and-cheese · Lymeswold cheese · cheese coney · cheese-ramekin · Red Leicester cheese · feta cheese · cheesehopper · cheesewood · bleu cheese · cheese sauce · Manchego cheese · cock cheese · Stinking Bishop cheese · cheese-eating surrender monkeys · chèvre cheese · Gloucester cheese · like cheese at fourpence · pot cheese · cream cheese · fetta cheese · beer cheese · crock cheese · tasty cheese · cheese single · chessel · cheesology · cheese-paring · cock-cheese · cheese toastie · cheese off · goat's milk cheese · Cheese Week · cheese food · Swiss cheese plant · Münster cheese · Neufchâtel cheese · cheese-mold · Nökkelost cheese · toasted cheese · brown cheese · cup cheese · cheese rolling · cheese-head · chalk for cheese · unripened cheese · cheese-taster · cheese-heck · ricotta cheese · farmer's cheese · pick-cheese · cheese fly · Caerphilly cheese · macaroni cheese · cheesecloth · cheese-eater · cheese curds · Cheesefare · Eurocheese · Yankee cheese · Valdeón cheese · cheese dog · smoked cheese · plastic cheese · toad's cheese · Horeb cheese · Stilton cheese · cheese crisp · cheesehead · cheeseweed · pizza cheese · dickcheese · dick-cheese · cheesevat · the second mouse gets the cheese · Chaumes cheese · Cornish Yarg cheese · cheesefest · Añejo cheese · headcheese · corn cheese · cheesemonger · Dovedale cheese · Camembert cheese · filled cheese · Chanco cheese · hard cheese · cheese out · Oka cheese · cheese-cratch · cheese-wring · Nabulsi cheese · Cabrales cheese · mountain cheese · cut the cheese · cheeselep · pork cheese · processed cheese · cheese-mould · cheese tax · cauliflower cheese · Dorstone cheese · Gruyère cheese · Šar cheese · mac'n cheese · cheese wiener · Colby cheese · cheese in a can · cheese-plate · make cheeses · cheesemaking · Västerbotten cheese · cheese grater · soycheese · cheese ladder · cheese slaw · Chevington cheese · monastery cheese · cheeseless · bread and cheese · cheese mite · cheese-vat · cheese-maggot · apple cheese · tip-cheese · cheese-rack · aerosol cheese · dick cheese · Duberry cheese · cheese eater · jalapeño cheese · cheesewire · cheese-hoop · cheese cloth · Keswick · cheeseboard · cheeseling · Huntsman cheese · rat-trap cheese · head cheese · Jarlsberg cheese · Swaledale cheese · Olomouc cheese · cheese-water · chips and cheese · Chiswick · make the cheese more binding · cheeze · cheese-room · suck cheese · cheese-running · cheese-cement · fromunda cheese · cheese dream · cheese-cutter · cheesemeister · knob cheese · cheeselike · rennet cheese · cheese with that whine · Parmesan cheese · cheese roller · cheese slicer · Teviotdale cheese · cheese snail · cheese-toaster · cheese wire · pepper jack cheese · mousetrap cheese · cheese kettle · Oaxaca cheese · say cheese · Muenster cheese · cheesebox · cheese tea · cheesepare · Tyrolean grey cheese · cheese-eating · cheeseburger · squeaky cheese · ruen cheese · damson cheese · Brussels' cheese · cheese-scoop · cheese and crackers · macaroni and cheese · cheese-clout · Double Gloucester cheese · maggot cheese · government cheese · damson-cheese · cheesen · Maytag Blue cheese · toad-cheese · club cheese · cheesery · noncheese · cheesemaker · bread cheese · curd cheese · cheese button · mac and cheese · cheesed · Colby-Jack cheese · brined cheese · Pinconning cheese · make butter and cheese of · cheesecutter · Yunnan cheese · granular cheese · farmer cheese · cheese dip · fresh cheese · Trappist cheese · Cougar Gold cheese · cheese board · cheese-parer · mozzarella cheese · cheese eating · cheese puff · Easy Cheese · cheese pull · cheese crystal · cheeseman · Red Windsor cheese · cheese antenna · cottage cheese · cheeselicious · chili cheese · the Cheeses · cheese with your wine · blue cheese

Descendants

chis · chiz · cheehs · ചീസ് · चीज़ · chiz · ushizi · சீஸ் · චීස් · chiis · ชีส · 起司 · ਚੀਜ਼ · チーズ · 芝士 · ޗީޒު · 起司 · 起士 · jiij · tīhi · sis · chizi · 起士 · itshizi · čidᶻ · sisi · चिज · cihs · titi · 芝士 · चीझ · ᒌᐦᐢ · चीज · siisi · tshise · jisi · 吉士 · tchizi · 치즈

Hypernyms

dairy product · food

Hyponyms

feta · cheddar · mozzarella · Emmentaler · Swiss cheese · parmesan · camembert

Relateds

:Category:en:Cheeses · cream · butter · milk · yogurt · turophile

Synonyms

cheddar · fromage · money · cheese

Translations (413)

lld ciajó (dairy product) · st dikase (dairy product) · da ost (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · he גְּבִינָה (dairy product) · mn бяслаг (dairy product) · el τυρί (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ee notsi kpẽke (dairy product) · tt сыр (dairy product) · sei quiiz (dairy product) · haw waiūpakapaʻa (dairy product) · nv géeso (dairy product) · zh 奶酪 (dairy product) · chy he'koneame (dairy product) · cs chechtáky (slang: money) · ar جبنة (dairy product) · rcf fromaz (dairy product) · ta பாற்கட்டி (dairy product) · zh 乾酪 /干酪 (dairy product) · nrf fronmage (dairy product) · gil titi (dairy product) · mi tīhi (dairy product) · hi पनीर (dairy product) · ig chiz (dairy product) · fr tune (slang: money) · vec formai (dairy product) · yo wàràkàsì (dairy product) · bn পনীর (dairy product) · fur formadi (dairy product) · ro cașcaval (dairy product) · si කේජු (dairy product) · sga cáise (dairy product) · nrf fronmage (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · mhr сыр (dairy product) · fax queixu (dairy product) · ist furmajo (dairy product) · ko 치즈 (dairy product) · tk peýnir (dairy product) · hak 起士 (dairy product) · ltg sīrs (dairy product) · nb ost (dairy product) · nap furmaggio (dairy product) · it grana (slang: money) · scn furmaggiu (dairy product) · zh нэло (dairy product) · wo foromaas (dairy product) · de Chääs (dairy product) · gv caashey (dairy product) · be сыр (dairy product) · dv ޗީޒު (dairy product) · nb ost (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ang ċīese (dairy product) · lo ເນີຍແຂງ (dairy product) · yai панир (dairy product) · nds Kees (dairy product) · cv чӑкӑт (dairy product) · ota پنیر (dairy product) · vec formajo (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ru сыр (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · et juust (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · frr Aast (dairy product) · vec formai (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ps پوڅه (dairy product) · de Kas (dairy product) · si චීස් (dairy product) · sw jibini (dairy product) · kw keus (dairy product) · gd càise (dairy product) · roa-gal fórmaij (dairy product) · mai छुर्पी (dairy product) · pa ਪਨੀਰ (dairy product) · sw chizi (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · te జున్ను (dairy product) · ar جبن (dairy product) · ja(dairy product) · roa-tar frummàgge (dairy product) · ky сыр (dairy product) · la fōrmāgium (dairy product) · alt быштак (dairy product) · zh 乳酪 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · fro furmage (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · bo ཆུར་བ (dairy product) · cs prachy (slang: money) · orv сꙑръ (dairy product) · ar جُبْن (dairy product) · ce нехча (dairy product) · or ଛେନା (dairy product) · fr fromage (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · wuu 起司 (dairy product) · grk-mar тыри́ (dairy product) · ms panir (dairy product) · crh penir (dairy product) · sgs sūris (dairy product) · vi pho mát (dairy product) · vot siirõ (dairy product) · qu masara (dairy product) · tyv быштак (dairy product) · ru тво́рог (dairy product) · mt ġobon (dairy product) · tl keso (dairy product) · lmo furmai (dairy product) · sd پنير (dairy product) · nap caso (dairy product) · ar جبن (dairy product) · dlm chis (dairy product) · fr flouze (slang: money) · fro furmage (dairy product) · yue 芝士 (dairy product) · min keju (dairy product) · lzz ყვალი (dairy product) · zh 吉士 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · zh(dairy product) · nrf fromage (dairy product) · vo fromad (dairy product) · tr peynir (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · de Käse (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ug پىشلاق (dairy product) · sw jibini (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · uz pishloq (dairy product) · ta பாலாடைக்கட்டி (dairy product) · sv ost (dairy product) · lb Kéis (dairy product) · sk syr (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · rw ifromaje (dairy product) · io fromajo (dairy product) · ps خيدک (dairy product) · to siisi (dairy product) · uz sir (dairy product) · krc бишлакъ (dairy product) · ml ചീസ് (dairy product) · eu gazta (dairy product) · pt bufunfa (slang: money) · jv kèju (dairy product) · map-bms keju (dairy product) · lt sūris (dairy product) · lld formai (dairy product) · mk сирење (dairy product) · vi phô ma (dairy product) · ady кхъуайэ (dairy product) · fa پَنیر (dairy product) · ta சீஸ் (dairy product) · inh нахча (dairy product) · fi hillo (slang: money) · rgn furmài (dairy product) · om baaduu (dairy product) · kn ಗಿಣ್ಣು (dairy product) · cs love (slang: money) · pt queijo (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · zh 起司 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · te జున్నుగడ్డ (dairy product) · zh 奶酪 (dairy product) · ht fromaj (dairy product) · crh qaşqaval (dairy product) · ee notsi babla (dairy product) · goh kāsi (dairy product) · et juust (dairy product) · scn frummaggiu (dairy product) · ab ашә (dairy product) · lg bongo (dairy product) · pl ser (dairy product) · ang ċīese (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · zh 乳酪 (dairy product) · ovd kęse (dairy product) · izh juusto (dairy product) · yue 芝士 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · zh 起士 (dairy product) · cu сꙑръ (dairy product) · ofs kīse (dairy product) · co casgiu (dairy product) · bua бисалаг (dairy product) · amu kesò (dairy product) · izh sььra (dairy product) · uli chiis (dairy product) · nds Käes (dairy product) · tsg kiju (dairy product) · th ชีส (dairy product) · mrj тара (dairy product) · rue сыр (dairy product) · rgn furmâj (dairy product) · bal پنیر (dairy product) · kum бишлакъ (dairy product) · sw chizi (dairy product) · krc бышлакъ (dairy product) · br formaj (dairy product) · ti ጅብና (dairy product) · tsg kisu (dairy product) · mk сирење (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ar جبنه (dairy product) · twf kàsuʼúna (dairy product) · alt пыштақ (dairy product) · fj jisi (dairy product) · vi phó mát (dairy product) · ast quesu (dairy product) · pms furmagg (dairy product) · frp fromâjo (dairy product) · ota پنیر (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · sc càsu (dairy product) · fi juusto (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · af kaas (dairy product) · fi juusto (dairy product) · lmo furmàcc (dairy product) · ba сыр (dairy product) · kk ірімшік (dairy product) · ml പനീര് (dairy product) · cy cosyn (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · fr oseille (slang: money) · sh си̏р (dairy product) · tet keiju (dairy product) · sm sisi (dairy product) · ky иримчик (dairy product) · id keju (dairy product) · ar جبن (dairy product) · pt queijo (dairy product) · sl sir (dairy product) · ka ყველი (dairy product) · ja 乾酪 (dairy product) · ny tchizi (dairy product) · nds Käse (dairy product) · bg кашкава́л (dairy product) · km ប្រូម៉ាស (dairy product) · de Käse (dairy product) · fo ostur (dairy product) · xh itshizi (dairy product) · vep sagud (dairy product) · da ost (dairy product) · rif kisu (dairy product) · te చీజ్ (dairy product) · rom ciral (dairy product) · ro brânză (dairy product) · rom kiral (dairy product) · mnc ᡝᠵᡳᡥᡝ (dairy product) · zle-ort сыръ (dairy product) · ne पनिर (dairy product) · ybe çürme (dairy product) · my ဒိန်ခဲ (dairy product) · apw ibeʼ nestʼógi (dairy product) · gl formallo (dairy product) · zh 乾酪 /干酪 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · pms formagg (dairy product) · alt курут (dairy product) · egl furmàj (dairy product) · pt grana (slang: money) · fr fric (slang: money) · el τυρί (dairy product) · ceb keso (dairy product) · rsk сир (dairy product) · wa froumadje (dairy product) · ko 건락 (dairy product) · kl immussuaq (dairy product) · tr peynir (dairy product) · lad kézo (dairy product) · an queso (dairy product) · chr ᎤᏅᏗ ᎦᏚᏅ (dairy product) · fo ostur (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · ady хъуае (dairy product) · ar فرماج (dairy product) · fy tsiis (dairy product) · ast quesu (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · zh 吉士 (dairy product) · os цыхт (dairy product) · ca formatge (dairy product) · cs sýr (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · tn kase (dairy product) · gv caashey (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · mhn kas (dairy product) · sco cheese (dairy product) · kab afermaj (dairy product) · enm chese (dairy product) · ay kisu (dairy product) · gu પનીર (dairy product) · ps پوڅه (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · bi jis (dairy product) · tg панир (dairy product) · grc τυρός (dairy product) · lld ciajuel (dairy product) · haw waiūpaʻa (dairy product) · gl queixo (dairy product) · ms keju (dairy product) · zh 奶酪 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · tab нис (dairy product) · frp tôma (dairy product) · wym kȳz (dairy product) · zu ushizi class 1a/2a (dairy product) · cy caws (dairy product) · ja ストレート (slang: fastball in baseball) · rm chaschiel (dairy product) · rup cash (dairy product) · br keuz (dairy product) · yi קעז (dairy product) · sms vuâstt (dairy product) · de Kaas (dairy product) · ext quesu (dairy product) · ga cáis (dairy product) · ady къуае (dairy product) · cs sýr (dairy product) · kmr penêr (dairy product) · gl formaxe (dairy product) · ru творо́г (dairy product) · rm caschiel (dairy product) · az pendir (dairy product) · alt иримчик (dairy product) · xmf ჸვალი (dairy product) · li kieës (dairy product) · kmr penîr (dairy product) · zh 芝士 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · lv siers (dairy product) · th เนยแข็ง (dairy product) · so jiss (dairy product) · gmy 𐀶𐁊 (dairy product) · fr pognon (slang: money) · zh 起司 (dairy product) · non ostr (dairy product) · vro juust (dairy product) · nrf frumaj (dairy product) · oc formatge (dairy product) · ilo keso (dairy product) · qu kisu (dairy product) · ecr ιϻαλαβρε (dairy product) · uz pishloq (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · alt сыр (dairy product) · nl kaas (dairy product) · it cacio (dairy product) · slr iren (dairy product) · eo fromaĝo (dairy product) · ia caseo (dairy product) · sv ost (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · fr fromage (dairy product) · rm chaschöl (dairy product) · ug ئىرىمچىك (dairy product) · ff formaas (dairy product) · ru сыр (dairy product) · km ហ្វ្រូម៉ាហ្ស (dairy product) · as পনিৰ (dairy product) · mr चीझ (dairy product) · ff 𞤬𞤮𞤪𞤥𞤢𞥄𞤧 (dairy product) · la fōrmāticum (dairy product) · gug kesu (dairy product) · dz པ་ནིར (dairy product) · zh 芝士 (dairy product) · pam kesu (dairy product) · is ostur (dairy product) · mfe fromaz (dairy product) · uk сир (dairy product) · rom šajto (dairy product) · hy պանիր (dairy product) · sk syr (dairy product) · so farmaajo (dairy product) · et sõir (dairy product) · stq Síes (dairy product) · tpi sis (dairy product) · hu sajt (dairy product) · mwl queiso (dairy product) · arc ܓܒܬܐ (dairy product) · ja チーズ (dairy product) · pdt Kjees (dairy product) · it formaggio (dairy product) · zh chhì-juh (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · gu આમિક્ષા (dairy product) · bg си́рене (dairy product) · se vuostá (dairy product) · zle-ort сиръ (dairy product) · ha cuku (dairy product) · lo ນະວະນີດ (dairy product) · vi phô mai (dairy product) · lez ниси (dairy product) · nah tlatetzauhtli (dairy product) · rw iforomaji (dairy product) · kbd кхъуей (dairy product) · nn ost (dairy product) · tn tshise (dairy product) · sh sȉr (dairy product) · la caseus (dairy product) · sq djathë (dairy product) · gmy 𐂤 (dairy product) · fax queixhu (dairy product) · xal ээзгә (dairy product) · am አይብ (dairy product) · zza penîr (dairy product) · ckb پەنێر (dairy product) · scn frumaggiu (dairy product) · lmo formagg (dairy product) · es queso (dairy product) · co furmagliu (dairy product) · bn পনির (dairy product) · bo ཕྱུ་ར (dairy product) · pap keshi (dairy product) · dsb twarožk (dairy product) · zh 起士 (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · st ditjhese (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · cy caws (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · bo ཕྱུར་བ (dairy product) · gug kambyrypy'a (dairy product) · st kase (dairy product) · szl kyjza (dairy product) · nn ost (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · fa پَنِیر (dairy product) · sva თა̈შ (dairy product) · bua биһалаг (dairy product) · ota جبن (dairy product) · ro caș (dairy product) · yua kéex (dairy product) · am ፎርማጆ (dairy product) · ybe çörme (dairy product) · st tjhese (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · so farmaajo (countable: any particular variety of cheese) · egl furmâj (Reggio) (dairy product) · rup brãndzã (dairy product) · udm сыр (dairy product) · rgn furmàj (dairy product) · lo ເບີແຂງ (dairy product) · ur پَنِیر (dairy product) · mg foromazy (dairy product) · vec formajo (dairy product) · dz དར་ཚི (dairy product)

wikidata: Q1368 · wikidata: Q10943

cheese en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese From Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Doublet of queso. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Síes (“cheese”), West Frisian tsiis (“cheese”), Dutch kaas (“cheese”), German Low German Kees (“cheese”), German Käse (“cheese”).

Meanings

  1. To prepare curds for making cheese.
  2. To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
  3. (slang) To smile excessively, as for a camera.
    • Now Kunihiko sprinted back up the stairs. Exploded through the bar with three sacks of convenience store chicken, cheesing from ear to ear. 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 189:
    • Yeah, a couple homegirls cheese they little faces off / They happy cause they finally got they braces off 2013, Michael W. Eagle II, “Degrassi Picture Day” (track 1), in Sir Rockabye, performed by Open Mike Eagle and Busdriver:
    • It's been a long time since you fell in love / You ain't coming out your shell, you ain't really been yourself / Tell me, what must I do? (Do tell, my love) / 'Cause luckily I'm good at reading / I wouldn't bug him, but he won't stop cheesin' 2020 February 27, Doja Cat, “Doja Cat - Say So (Official Video)” (00:42 from the start), archived from the original on 27 Feb 2020:

Forms

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cheesed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheesed Tense=Past lexicographic
cheesing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheeses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

cheese up

cheese en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of cheers.

Meanings

  1. Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
    • Say "cheese"! ... and there we are!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cheese! canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

say cheese

Descendants

チーズ · sís · 치즈

Translations (32)

vi hai (said while being photographed) · es whisky (said while being photographed) · fa سیب (said while being photographed) · ga abair cáis (said while being photographed) · ca Lluís (said while being photographed) · ga abair grian (said while being photographed) · pl uśmiech (said while being photographed) · fi muikku (said while being photographed) · sv omelett (said while being photographed) · ko 치즈 (said while being photographed) · he גבינה (said while being photographed) · fr ouistiti (said while being photographed) · ko 김치 (said while being photographed) · zh 茄子 (said while being photographed) · yue 一二三 (said while being photographed) · sh ptȉčica (said while being photographed) · bg зеле (said while being photographed) · es patata (said while being photographed) · tr peynir (said while being photographed) · ru сыр (said while being photographed) · hi पनीर (said while being photographed) · hu csíz (said while being photographed) · pt giz (said while being photographed) · de Spaghetti (said while being photographed) · pt xis (said while being photographed) · sh пти̏чица (said while being photographed) · ja チーズ (said while being photographed) · cs sýr (said while being photographed) · da appelsin (said while being photographed) · eu txakoli (said while being photographed) · pl ser (said while being photographed) · ga abair aoibh (said while being photographed)

cheese en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Though commonly claimed to be a borrowing of Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”), the term does not occur earliest in Anglo-Indian sources, but instead is "well recorded in British and Australian sources from the 1840s onwards".

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncountable) Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
  2. (British, India, dated, slang, uncountable) The correct thing, of excellent quality; the ticket.
    • These cheroots are the real cheese.

Deriveds

big cheese · sub-cheese

Hypernyms

dairy product · food

Hyponyms

feta · cheddar · mozzarella · Emmentaler · Swiss cheese · parmesan · camembert

Relateds

:Category:en:Cheeses

Synonyms

fromage · cheese

cheese en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology unknown. Possibly an alteration of cease.

Meanings

  1. (slang) To stop; to refrain from.
    • Cheese it! The cops!
    • Cheese your patter! (= stop talking, shut up)
  2. (slang) To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".
    • All this waiting around is really cheesing me off.

Forms

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cheesed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheesed Tense=Past lexicographic
cheesing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheeses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

cheesed off · cheese it

cheese en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From cheesy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The exploitation, or opportunity for exploitation, of an unintentional video game mechanic.

Hypernyms

dairy product · food

Hyponyms

feta · cheddar · mozzarella · Emmentaler · Swiss cheese · parmesan · camembert

Relateds

:Category:en:Cheeses

Synonyms

fromage · cheese

cheese en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃiːz/
  • /t͡ʃiz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • chēz
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From cheesy.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To use a controversial or unsporting tactic to gain an advantage (especially in a game.)
    • For example, he was accused of "cheating" when he modified his in-game play techniques—without the use of cheat codes—but in ways that were unexpected to his opponents. Taking these actions (called cheesing by some in game play discourse) was unexpected, because the actions diverged from courses of action perceived as normal in the real-world activity the game simulated. 2008, Reed Stevens, Tom Satwicz, Laurie McCarthy, “In-Game, In-Room, In-World: Reconnecting Video Game Play to the Rest of Kids’ Lives”, in Katie Salen, editor, The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning), Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, →DOI, page 54:
    • You can cheese most of the game using certain exploits.
    • The moral of the story is, real strategy doesn't apply in WH40K. Find out where your opponent cheesed himself up and hit him there with everything you've got. 2000, cyber...@my-deja.com, rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):
    • "Cheesing" means to shoot for the 9-ball (in 9-ball) before being on the 9-ball (i.e. shooting at the 1-ball to hit the 9-ball in). Basically if you can do it, you'll win the game (but perhaps not much respect). 2001, Samiel, rec.sport.billiard (Usenet):
    • The term cheesing is also pretty common. However, at least originally, ticking had a more specific meaning, ie hitting someone and then throwing after they block, whereas cheesing would be anything "cheap", and thereore depended on the user [...] 1993, Alex Werner, alt.games.sf2 (Usenet):
  2. (slang) To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).

Forms

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cheesed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheesed Tense=Past lexicographic
cheeses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cheesing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

rush (use a surprise all-in strategy early in a game) · gamebreaking · zerg (use a surprise all-in strategy early in a game)