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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
To stop.
Phrasal Verb:
cheese off Chiefly British Slang
To anger or irritate: The footballers were cheesed off by the referee's decision that cost them the game.
Idiom:
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.]
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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]
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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]
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gronk, cheese, toe-jam - The stuff between your toes.
See also related terms for toes.
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Cheese


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.
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cheese


Past participle: cheesed
Gerund: cheesing

Imperative
cheese
cheese
Present
I cheese
you cheese
he/she/it cheeses
we cheese
you cheese
they cheese
Preterite
I cheesed
you cheesed
he/she/it cheesed
we cheesed
you cheesed
they cheesed
Present Continuous
I am cheesing
you are cheesing
he/she/it is cheesing
we are cheesing
you are cheesing
they are cheesing
Present Perfect
I have cheesed
you have cheesed
he/she/it has cheesed
we have cheesed
you have cheesed
they have cheesed
Past Continuous
I was cheesing
you were cheesing
he/she/it was cheesing
we were cheesing
you were cheesing
they were cheesing
Past Perfect
I had cheesed
you had cheesed
he/she/it had cheesed
we had cheesed
you had cheesed
they had cheesed
Future
I will cheese
you will cheese
he/she/it will cheese
we will cheese
you will cheese
they will cheese
Future Perfect
I will have cheesed
you will have cheesed
he/she/it will have cheesed
we will have cheesed
you will have cheesed
they will have cheesed
Future Continuous
I will be cheesing
you will be cheesing
he/she/it will be cheesing
we will be cheesing
you will be cheesing
they will be cheesing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cheesing
you have been cheesing
he/she/it has been cheesing
we have been cheesing
you have been cheesing
they have been cheesing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cheesing
you will have been cheesing
he/she/it will have been cheesing
we will have been cheesing
you will have been cheesing
they will have been cheesing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cheesing
you had been cheesing
he/she/it had been cheesing
we had been cheesing
you had been cheesing
they had been cheesing
Conditional
I would cheese
you would cheese
he/she/it would cheese
we would cheese
you would cheese
they would cheese
Past Conditional
I would have cheesed
you would have cheesed
he/she/it would have cheesed
we would have cheesed
you would have cheesed
they would have cheesed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milkcheese - 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 flowerscheese - 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
Verb1.cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!"
cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
2.cheese - wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"
spool - wind onto a spool or a reel
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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, yarg
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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

cheese

[tʃiːz]
A. N
1. (= dairy product) → queso m
say cheese! (Phot) → ¡a ver, una sonrisa!
hard cheese!¡mala pata!
2. (= person) big cheesepez m gordo
B. VT (Brit) I'm cheesed off with thisestoy hasta las narices de esto
C. CPD cheese dish Ntabla f de quesos
cheese sauce Nsalsa f de quesosalsa f Mornay
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cheese

[ˈtʃiːz]
n
(= food) → fromage m
say cheese! → souriez! big cheese
modif [sandwich, sauce, soufflé] → au fromagecheese and wine cheese and wine party nbuffet m campagnard
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cheese

nKäse 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 cpdsKäse-;
cheeseboard
nKäsebrett nt; (= course)Käseplatte f
cheeseburger
nCheeseburger m
cheesecake
n (Cook) → Käsekuchen m; (sl: = female photos) → (nacktes) Fleisch (inf)
cheesecloth
nKäseleinen nt, → indische Baumwolle f

cheese

:
cheeseparing
nPfennigfuchserei f (inf), → Knauserei f
adjknauserig, knickerig (inf)
cheese straw
n (Brit) → kleine Käsestange
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cheese

[tʃiːz] nformaggio
say cheese! (Phot) → sorridi!
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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.
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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
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cheese

n queso
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References in classic literature ?
For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits, cold meat, bread and butter, and jam - but NO CHEESE. Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
The men went into the dining-room and went up to a table, laid with six sorts of spirits and as many kinds of cheese, some with little silver spades and some without, caviar, herrings, preserves of various kinds, and plates with slices of French bread.
Bardell's most particular acquaintance, who had just stepped in, to have a quiet cup of tea, and a little warm supper of a couple of sets of pettitoes and some toasted cheese. The cheese was simmering and browning away, most delightfully, in a little Dutch oven before the fire; the pettitoes were getting on deliciously in a little tin saucepan on the hob; and Mrs.
"That is very likely," said Sancho, "and a good custom it was, to my mind; but that must have been in days gone by, for now it would seem to be the custom only to give a piece of bread and cheese; because that was what my lady Dulcinea gave me over the top of the yard-wall when I took leave of her; and more by token it was sheep's-milk cheese."
Whatever cross-accidents had occurred to intercept the pleasures of her nieces, she had found a morning of complete enjoyment; for the housekeeper, after a great many courtesies on the subject of pheasants, had taken her to the dairy, told her all about their cows, and given her the receipt for a famous cream cheese; and since Julia's leaving them they had been met by the gardener, with whom she had made a most satisfactory acquaintance, for she had set him right as to his grandson's illness, convinced him that it was an ague, and promised him a charm for it; and he, in return, had shewn her all his choicest nursery of plants, and actually presented her with a very curious specimen of heath.
"A glass of wine and a bit of bread and cheese won't do you any harm, gentlemen, if you are as hungry as I am."
Methinks a good loaf of white bread, with a piece of snow-white cheese, washed down with a draught of humming ale, were a feast for a king."
Towards the stern of the boat it is spirally coiled away in the tub, not like the worm-pipe of a still though, but so as to form one round, cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, or layers of concentric spiralizations, without any hollow but the heart, or minute vertical tube formed at the axis of the cheese. As the least tangle or kink in the coiling would, in running out, infallibly take somebody's arm, leg, or entire body off, the utmost precaution is used in stowing the line in its tub.
The poor Cat felt very weak, and he was able to eat only thirty-five mullets with tomato sauce and four portions of tripe with cheese. Moreover, as he was so in need of strength, he had to have four more helpings of butter and cheese.
I have not seen it for years, and I hear on all hands about your fine cheese and butter," said the squire, looking politely unconscious that there could be any question on which he and Mrs.
"Try some cheese," said Ojo, and threw down a piece.