Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
CHEESE
I. noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English chese, from Old English cēse, from Latin caseus cheese 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 cheese in shape or consistency, something cheap or shabby ; cheesy material ,
II. transitive verb (cheesed; 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