cheese

/tʃi:z/

Definition

Noun:
- A solid food made from milk: "Cheese" is a dairy product produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulating the milk protein casein.
- An important or influential person (slang): Informally, "cheese" can refer to a person of importance or high status.
Verb:
- To wind onto a cheese: In textile manufacturing, "to cheese" means to wind yarn or thread into a cylindrical mass.
- To stop or desist (slang, imperative): Used as an exclamation, "Cheese!" is a slang command to stop doing something or to go away.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- I like to eat cheese with crackers. (I enjoy consuming the dairy product with crispbreads.)
- He's the big cheese around here. (He is the most important person in this area.)
Verb:
- The worker will cheese the yarn for storage. (The worker will wind the yarn into a cheese-shaped bundle.)
- Cheese it! The cops are coming! (Stop what you're doing! The police are approaching!)

Advanced Usage

"Say cheese!": A phrase used to encourage someone to smile for a photograph, as the word "cheese" forces the mouth into a smile-like shape.
- Everyone look at the camera and say cheese!
"To be cheesed off" (British slang): To be annoyed, fed up, or bored.
- I was really cheesed off with the constant delays.

Variants and Related Words

Cheesy (adjective): Of poor quality, inauthentic, or overly sentimental; also, resembling or containing cheese.
- The dialogue in that movie was so cheesy.
- This sauce has a cheesy flavor.
Cheeseboard (noun): A board or platter on which cheese is served.
Cheesecake (noun): A dessert consisting of a topping on a crust, typically made with cream cheese or ricotta; also, a style of photography featuring attractive women (slang).

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs / Idioms

Big cheese: An important, powerful, or influential person.
- He's the big cheese in the finance department.
Hard cheese! (British, often ironic): An expression of sympathy, often insincere, for someone's misfortune.
- You failed the test? Hard cheese!
To have a cheese (slang, dated): To be angry or upset.
Cheese and rice! (minced oath): A euphemistic exclamation of surprise or frustration, substituting for "Jesus Christ!"

Noun

erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

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