"cheese up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cheeses up [present, singular, third-person], cheesing up [participle, present], cheesed up [participle, past], cheesed up [past]
Etymology: From cheese + up. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cheese|up|nocat=1}} cheese + up Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheese up (third-person singular simple present cheeses up, present participle cheesing up, simple past and past participle cheesed up)
  1. (transitive) to add cheese to; make cheesy or cheesier Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cheese_up-en-verb-0I1oHTiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 23 14 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 41 22 22 15
  2. (intransitive) to become cheesy (overly dramatic, emotional, or exaggerated) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cheese_up-en-verb-HtKpscUO
  3. (intransitive) to become smiley; crack a huge grin Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cheese_up-en-verb-DBCYUVis
  4. (transitive) to make (someone) smile Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cheese_up-en-verb-bK06oS5n

Inflected forms

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