CHEESE

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English chese, from Old English cēse, from Latin caseus ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey, an often cylindrical cake of this food, something resembling ~ in shape or consistency, something cheap or shabby ; cheesy material , II. transitive verb (~d; cheesing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1811 to put an end to ; stop , III. noun Etymology: perhaps from Hindi cīz & Urdu chīz thing, from Persian chīz Date: 1920 someone important