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Definition of Cheese
1. Verb. Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it). "Cheese it!"
2. Noun. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
Terms within: Curd
Terms within: Cheese Rind
Specialized synonyms: Cream Cheese, Triple Cream, Triple Creme, Cottage Cheese, Farm Cheese, Farmer's Cheese, Pot Cheese, Process Cheese, Processed Cheese, Bleu, Blue Cheese, Brie, Brick Cheese, Camembert, American Cheese, Armerican Cheddar, Cheddar, Cheddar Cheese, Cheshire Cheese, Double Gloucester, Edam, Chevre, Goat Cheese, Gouda, Gouda Cheese, Grated Cheese, Hand Cheese, Liederkranz, Limburger, Mozzarella, Muenster, Parmesan, Quark, Quark Cheese, Ricotta, String Cheese, Swiss Cheese, Velveeta
3. Verb. Wind onto a cheese. "Cheese the yarn"
4. Noun. Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States.
Group relationships: Genus Malva, Malva
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Definition of Cheese
1. n. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
Definition of Cheese
1. Noun. A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. ¹
2. Noun. Any particular variety of cheese. ¹
3. Noun. A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture. ¹
4. Noun. (uncountable colloquial) That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy. ¹
5. Noun. (uncountable slang) Money. ¹
6. Noun. (countable UK) In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles. ¹
7. Noun. (countable slang baseball) A fastball. ¹
8. Noun. (uncountable slang) A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted. ¹
9. Noun. (vulgar slang) Smegma. ¹
10. Verb. To prepare curds for making cheese. ¹
11. Interjection. (photography) (non-gloss definition Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.) ¹
12. Noun. (slang) Wealth, fame, excellence, importance. ¹
13. Verb. (slang) To stop; to refrain from. ¹
14. Verb. (slang) To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off". ¹
15. Verb. (gaming slang) To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter ¹
16. Verb. (gaming) To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheese
1. to stop [v CHEESED, CHEESING, CHEESES] - See also: stop
Medical Definition of Cheese
1. A nutritious food consisting primarily of the curd or the semisolid substance formed when milk coagulates. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheese
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