# cheeses

Pronunciation: say "CHEE-ziz" /ˈt͡ʃiːzɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of cheese. — plural of cheese
   - Simple: Plural of cheese. Use it when talking about more than one kind or block of cheese.
   - _The board held a spread of soft and hard cheeses beside the fruit._
   - _Aged cheeses develop sharper flavors the longer they sit._
4. Any of several plants of the genus Malva, known as common mallow.
   - Simple: A wild plant with soft pink or white flowers and round, flat seed pods, also called common mallow.
   - _Cheeses spread quickly through the disturbed soil of the abandoned lot._
   - _Country children once nibbled the green seed pods of cheeses growing in the hedgerows._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of cheese. — third-person singular simple present indicative of cheese
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of cheese. Use it for what one person or thing does now.
   - _She cheeses the hardest level by hiding in a corner the whole time._
   - _The referee's bad call cheeses off the entire home crowd._

## Interjection

3. Euphemistic form of Jesus. — Euphemistic form of Jesus.
   - Simple: Euphemistic form of Jesus. A gentler way to shout in surprise without saying the name.
   - _Cheeses, would you look at the size of that storm rolling in._
   - _He banged his shin on the table and yelled, "Cheeses, that hurt!"_

## Origin

Named from the shape of the fruit, which was thought to resemble rounds of cheese.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cheeses (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).