cheese

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.

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[Middle English chese, from Old English cȳse, from Germanic *kasjus, from Latin cāseus.]

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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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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cheese ³

 (chēz)

n. Slang

An important person.

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[Perhaps from Urdu chīz, thing, from Persian, from Old Persian *ciš-ciy, something; see k^wo- 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]

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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

See also food and nutrition; milk.

caseation

the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk.

fromology

a knowledge of cheeses.

laclabphily

the collecting of cheese labels.

tyromancy

Obsolete, a form of divination involving observation of cheese, especially as it coagulates.

tyrosemiophily

the collecting of Camembert cheese labels.

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cheese

Past participle: cheesed
Gerund: cheesing

Imperative

cheese

cheese

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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 cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow 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!" 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

Käse

τυρί

fromaĝo

queso

juust

juustohillo

fromagefromagerfric

sir

sajt

keju

ostur

formaggiocaciocrema di formaggioformaggio fusoformaggio lavorato

チーズ乾酪

치즈

nepatenkintasnusivylęsplokštainis su sūriusūris

siers

kaas

ost

ser

queijo

brânzăcaş

сыр

syr

sir

ost

jibini

เนยแข็ง

peynir

pho mát

乳酪奶酪干酪

cheese

[tʃiːz]

A. N

1. (= dairy product) → queso m
say cheese! (Phot) → ¡a ver, una sonrisa!
hard cheese! → ¡mala pata!

2. (= person) big cheese → pez m gordo

B. VT (Brit) I'm cheesed off with this → estoy hasta las narices de esto

C. CPD cheese dish N → tabla f de quesos
cheese sauce N → salsa f de queso → salsa 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 n → buffet m campagnard

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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“

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cheese

in cpds → Käse-;

cheeseboard

n → Käsebrett nt; (= course) → Käseplatte f

cheeseburger

n → Cheeseburger m

cheesecake

n (Cook) → Käsekuchen m; (sl: = female photos) → (nacktes) Fleisch (inf)

cheesecloth

n → Käseleinen nt, → indische Baumwolle f

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cheese

:

cheeseparing

n → Pfennigfuchserei f (inf), → Knauserei f

adj → knauserig, knickerig (inf)

cheese straw

n (Brit) → kleine Käsestange

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cheese

[tʃiːz] n → formaggio
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. kaas جِبْنَه، جِبْن сирене queijo sýr der Käse ost τυρίqueso juust پنیر juusto fromageגבינה चीज, पनीर sir sajt keju ostur formaggio チーズ 치즈 sūris siers keju kaasostser پوڅه ، پنير queijo brânză сыр syr sir sir ost เนยแข็ง peynir 乳酪，起士 сир پنیر pho mát 乳酪，奶酪

ˈcheesecake noun

a type of sweet food made with cheese etc. kaaskoek فَطيرَةُ جِبْنَه чийзкейк torta de queijo tvarohový koláč der Käsekuchen ostekage τσιζ κέικ pastel de queso kohupiimakook کیک پنیر juustokakku gâteau au fromage עוּגַת גְבִינָה पनीरी केक torta od sira túróslepény kue keju ostakaka torta di formaggio チーズケーキ 치즈케이크 plokštainis su sūriu biezpienmaizīte kek keju kwarktaartostekakesernik د پنیر کیک tarte de queijo plăcintă cu brânză творожный пирог tvarohový koláč sirov kolač torta od sira cheesecake ชีสเค้ก peynirli kek 乳酪蛋糕 cирний кекс پنیر کا ٹکڑہ bánh pho mát 乳酪饼

cheesed off

bored. sat wees ضَجِرٌ отегчен entediado otrávený angeödet sur; irriteret; mopset βαριεστημένοςfastidiado küllastunud عصبانی؛ کسل pitkästynyt découragéמשועמם पूरी तरह से थका देना, झुंझला देना nemotiviran unatkozó jemu leiður, að drepast úr leiðindum stufo うんざりした 지루하다 nusivylęs, nepatenkintas garlaikots bosan verveeldtrett av, leiznudzony عصبانی chateado dezamăgit сытый (всем) по горло otrávený naveličan zasićen uttråkad รู้สึกเบื่อหน่าย bıkmış, usanmış, gına gelmiş 厭煩，厭倦 ситий під зав'язку بیزار ، رنجیدہ làm cho ai chán 厌烦

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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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• What kind of cheese? (US)
  What sort of cheese? (UK) → ما نَوْعُ الـجُبْـنِ؟ → Jaký druh sýru? → Hvilken slags ost? → Welche Käsesorten? → Τι είδους τυρί; → ¿Qué tipo de queso? → Millaista juustoa? → Quelles sortes de fromages ? → Koje vrste sira? → Che tipo di formaggio? → どんなチーズですか？ → 어떤 치즈 종류죠? → Wat voor soort kaas? → Hva slags ost? → Jaki rodzaj sera? → Que tipo de queijo? → Какой сорт сыра? → Vilken sorts ost? → คุณมีเนยแข็งแบบไหน? → Hangi peynir? → Loại phomát nào? → 哪一种奶酪？

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cheese

n queso

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