Cheese is a common food made by turning milk into a solid form. It can be soft or hard and has many flavors. People often eat it with bread or in dishes.
I like to eat cheese with bread.
Cheese is made from cow's milk.
To 'cheese' means to smile for a photo, often because the photographer says 'cheese.' It is an informal way to say 'show your smile.'
Please cheese for the camera now.
They cheesed before the photo was taken.
When something is 'cheesy,' it means it is silly, too emotional, or not natural, like in some movies or songs. People use this to say something is not very good because it is too simple or fake.
That movie was very cheesy and slow.
She used cheesy words in her speech.
In some places, especially in old British English, 'cheese' can mean a photo or picture. People may say this informally when talking about photos.
Look at the cheese on my phone.
He showed me a cheese from his trip.
'Cheese' is the name of a program that uses your computer's camera to take pictures or videos. It is often used by people with Linux operating systems.
I opened Cheese to take a webcam photo.
Cheese works well on my computer.
'To cheese off' someone means to annoy or upset them a lot. This is informal British English and often used in casual speech.
He really cheesed me off yesterday.
Don't cheese off your teacher today.
