cheese
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to cheese: cheesy
cheese 1
(chēz)n.
1.
a. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk, often seasoned and aged.
b. A molded mass of this substance.
2. Something resembling this substance in shape or consistency.
[Middle English chese, from Old English cȳse, from Germanic *kasjus, from Latin cāseus.]
cheese 2
(chēz)tr.v. cheesed, chees·ing, chees·es Slang
Phrasal Verb: To stop.
cheese off Chiefly British Slang
Idiom: To anger or irritate: The footballers were cheesed off by the referee's decision that cost them the game.
cheese it Slang
1. To look out. Often used in the imperative.
2. To get away fast; get going. Often used in the imperative.
[Origin unknown.]
cheese 3
(chēz)n. Slang
An important person.
[Perhaps from Urdu chīz, thing, from Persian, from Old Persian *ciš-ciy, something; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cheese
(tʃiːz)n
1. (Cookery) the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food
2. (Cookery) a mass or complete cake of this substance
3. (Cookery) any of various substances of similar consistency, etc: lemon cheese.
4. big cheese slang an important person
5. as alike as chalk and cheese as different as chalk and cheese See chalk6
[Old English cēse, from Latin cāseus cheese; related to Old Saxon kāsi]
cheese
(tʃiːz)vb
1. (tr) to stop; desist
2. (intr) prison slang to act in a grovelling manner
[C19: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cheese1
(tʃiz)n.
1. a food prepared from the curds of milk separated from the whey, often pressed and allowed to ripen.
2. a definite mass of this substance, often shaped like a cylinder.
3. something of similar shape or consistency.
[before 1000; Middle English chese, Old English cēse, c. Old Saxon kāsi, Old High German chāsi « Latin cāseus]
cheese2
(tʃiz)v.t. cheesed, chees•ing. Slang.
to stop; desist.
Idioms: cheese it, Older Slang.
a. look out!
b. run away! beat it!
[1805–15; perhaps alter. of cease]
cheese3
(tʃiz)n. Slang.
an important or powerful person (usu. prec. by the big.
[1905–10; perhaps < Urdu chīz thing < Persian]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
See also related terms for toes.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cheese
See also food and nutrition; milk.
the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.
a knowledge of cheeses.
the collecting of cheese labels.
Obsolete, a form of divination involving observation of cheese, especially as it coagulates.
the collecting of Camembert cheese labels.
-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
cheese
Past participle: cheesed
Gerund: cheesing
Imperative |
---|
cheese |
cheese |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun | 1. | cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" dairy product - milk and butter and cheese curd - coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey" cheese rind - the rind of a cheese cream cheese - soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream triple cream, triple creme - fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat cottage cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese - mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk process cheese, processed cheese - made by blending several lots of cheese bleu, blue cheese - cheese containing a blue mold Brie - soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert brick cheese - semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form Camembert - rich soft creamy French cheese American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese, cheddar - hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England Cheshire cheese - a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture double Gloucester - a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese Edam - mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering chevre, goat cheese - made from goats' milk Gouda, Gouda cheese - mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls grated cheese - hard or semihard cheese grated hand cheese - any cheese originally molded by hand Liederkranz - a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor Limburger - a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor mozzarella - mild white Italian cheese Muenster - semisoft pale-yellow cheese Parmesan - hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated quark cheese, quark - fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet ricotta - soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese string cheese - cheese formed in long strings twisted together Swiss cheese - hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland Velveeta - trademark: soft processed American cheese |
2. | cheese - erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States genus Malva, Malva - herbs and subshrubs: mallows mallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae | |
Verb | 1. | cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" |
2. | cheese - wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn" spool - wind onto a spool or a reel |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
cheese
Cheeses
Bavarian blue, Bel Paese, Bleu d'Auvergne, Bleu de Bresse, blue cheese or blue vein, Blue Shropshire, Blue Stilton, Blue Vinney or Blue Vinny, Bonchester, Brie, Caboc, caciocavallo, Caerphilly, Cambazolla, Camembert, canestrato, Cantal, Chaumes, Cheddar, Cheshire, chèvre, cottage cheese, cream cheese, crowdie, curd cheese, Danish blue, Derby, Dolcelatte, Double Gloucester, Dunlop, Dunsyre Blue, Edam, Emmenthal or Emmental, Ermite, Esrom, feta, fontina, fromage frais, Gjetost, goats' cheese, Gorgonzola, Gouda, Gruyère, Havarti, Jarlsberg, Lanark Blue, Lancashire, Leicester, Limburger, mascarpone, mousetrap, mozzarella, Monterey jack, muenster, mycella, Neufchâtel, Oka, Parmesan, pecorino, Port-Salut, pot cheese, provolone, quark, Reblochon, Red Leicester, Red Windsor, Ribblesdale, ricotta, Romano, Roquefort, Sage Derby, Saint Agur, Samsø, sapsago, Stilton, Taleggio, Tornegus, Vacherin, vignotte, wensleydale, yargCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
جُبْـنجِبْنَه، جِبْن
сирене
sýr
ost
fromaĝo
juust
juustohillo
sir
sajt
keju
ostur
チーズ乾酪
치즈
nepatenkintasnusivylęsplokštainis su sūriusūris
siers
brânzăcaş
syr
sir
ost
jibini
เนยแข็ง
pho mát
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cheese
[ˈtʃiːz] modif [sandwich, sauce, soufflé] → au fromagecheese and wine cheese and wine party n → buffet m campagnard
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cheese
n → Käse m; a big cheese (inf) → ein hohes Tier (inf); hard cheese! (dated inf) → Künstlerpech! (inf); say cheese! (Phot) → bitte recht freundlich, sag „cheese“
cheese
in cpds → Käse-;cheeseboard
cheeseburger
n → Cheeseburger m
cheesecake
cheese
:cheese straw
n (Brit) → kleine Käsestange
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cheese
(tʃiːz) noun (any type of) a food prepared from the curd of milk and usually pressed into a mass or shape. Cheese is full of protein.
ˈcheesecake noun a type of sweet food made with cheese etc.
cheesed off bored.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cheese
→ جُبْـن sýr ost Käse τυρί queso juusto fromage sir formaggio チーズ 치즈 kaas ost ser queijo сыр ost เนยแข็ง peynir pho mát 干酪Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- What kind of cheese? (US)
What sort of cheese? (UK)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cheese
n quesoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.