1. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
   "They enjoyed a platter of various cheeses with crackers and fruit"
    
2. [Brit] A thick fruit preserve made by cooking fruit pulp with sugar until concentrated
   "Damson cheese spread easily on the bread"
    
3. [informal] Something melodramatic, overly emotional, sentimental, or clichéd
   "That romantic comedy was pure cheese"

1. Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
   "Cheese it!"
    
2. Wind onto a cheese
   "cheese the yarn"

Derived forms: cheesing, cheesed, cheeses

Type of: break, break off, cease, dairy product, discontinue, food, give up, grub [informal], kai [NZ, informal], khana [Asia], lay off, nosh [Brit, informal], provender [archaic], quit, solid food, spool, stop, surcease [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Cheese, Glorious Cheese