cheese

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Hyponyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: chēz, IPA: /tʃiːz/, SAMPA: /tSi:z/
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• Rhymes: -iːz

[edit] Etymology 1

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Old English cēse, cyse, from West Germanic *kāsi, from Latin cāseus. Cognate with West Frisian tsiis, Dutch kaas, German Käse.

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cheese (plural cheese or cheeses)

1. (uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
2. (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.
3. (uncountable) (slang) That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or clichéd, i.e. cheesy.
4. (uncountable) (slang) money
5. (countable) (slang) (baseball) A fastball.
6. (uncountable) (slang) A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted. See w:Cheese (recreational drug).

[edit] Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:cheese

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[edit] See also

• butter
• cream
• milk
• turophile
• yoghurt

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to cheese (third-person singular simple present cheeses, present participle cheesing, simple past and past participle cheesed)

1. To prepare curds for making cheese.

[edit] Etymology 2

Probably from Persian چيز (čīz) ‘thing’.

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cheese (plural cheeses)

1. (slang) Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.

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• big cheese
• cheesemaker
• cheese wire
• sub-cheese

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to cheese (third-person singular simple present cheeses, present participle cheesing, simple past and past participle cheesed)

1. (slang) To stop; to refrain from.
2. (slang) To anger someone, usually with off.

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• cheese it