cheese

cheese ¹  (chz)

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 cse, from Germanic *kasjus, from Latin cseus.]

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cheese ²  (chz)

tr.v. cheesed, chees·ing, chees·es Slang

To stop.

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  (chz)

n. Slang

An important person. Often used in the phrase big cheese.

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[Perhaps from Urdu chz, thing, from Persian, from Old Persian *ci-ciy, something; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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cheese ¹

Noun

1. a food made from coagulated milk curd

2. a block of this [Latin caseus]

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cheese ²

Noun

big cheese Slang an important person [perhaps from Hindi chiz thing]

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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.

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

Translations

cheese [tʃiːz] n → queso

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cheese [tʃiːz] n → fromage m

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cheese [tʃiːz] n → Käse m

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cheese [tʃiːz] n → formaggio

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cheese

n cheese [tʃiːz]

(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 sýr ost der Käse τυρί queso juust پنیر juusto fromage גְבִינָה चीज, पनीर sir sajt keju ostur formaggio チーズ 치즈 sūris siers keju kaas ost ser queijo brânză сыр syr sir sir ost เนยแข็ง peynir 乳酪, 奶酪 сир پنیر pho mát 乳酪, 奶酪

n cheesecake

a type of sweet food made with cheese etc. kaaskoek فَطيرَةُ جِبْنَه чийзкейк tvarohový koláč ostekage der Käsekuchen 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 kwarktaart ostekake sernik tarte de queijo plăcintă cu brânză творожный пирог tvarohový koláč sirov kolač torta od sira cheesecake ชีสเค้ก peynirli kek 乳酪餅 cирний кекс پنیر کا ٹکڑہ bánh pho mát 乳酪饼

cheesed off

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