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cheesing

cheese
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [cheez]
    • /tʃiz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [cheez]
    • /tʃiz/

Definitions of cheesing word

  • noun cheesing the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food. 1
  • noun cheesing a definite mass of this substance, often in the shape of a wheel or cylinder. 1
  • noun cheesing something of similar shape or consistency, as a mass of pomace in cider-making. 1
  • noun cheesing Informal. partly digested milk curds sometimes spit up by infants. 1
  • noun cheesing cheeses, any of several mallows, especially Malva neglecta, a sprawling, weedy plant having small lavender or white flowers and round, flat, segmented fruits thought to resemble little wheels of cheese. 1
  • noun cheesing Slang: Vulgar. smegma. 1

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Origin of cheesing

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English chese, Old English cēse (cognate with Old Saxon kāsi, German Käse) < Latin cāseus

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Parts of speech for Cheesing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cheesing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

cheesing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for cheesing

verb cheesing

  • misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
  • confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  • overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • skew — to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
  • misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.

Antonyms for cheesing

verb cheesing

  • straighten — make straight
  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • represent — to present again or anew.
  • reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.

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