Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cheese

2 senses of cheese

Sense 1
cheese -- (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)
       => dairy product -- (milk and butter and cheese)
       => food, solid food -- (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink")

Sense 2
tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva sylvestris -- (erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States)
       => mallow -- (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cheese

2 senses of cheese

Sense 1
cheese -- (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!")
       => discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")

Sense 2
cheese -- (wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn")
       => spool -- (wind onto a spool or a reel)