Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To undergo caseation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In pathology, to undergo caseous degeneration; become like cheese.
- n. In chem., a salt resulting from the union of caseic acid with a base.
Wiktionary
- n. A certain ion.
- n. A salt, compound or solution containing this ion.
- v. To produce a cheese-like substance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to turn into cheese; -- of milk.
- v. to undergo caseation; -- of dead tissue.
WordNet 3.0
- v. become cheeselike
- v. turn into cheese
Etymologies
- Back-formation from caseation.
Examples
“They are like the grill age one notes in ancient French country houses -- little caseate cut in the windows through which you may see in vivid outline a little section of the landscape.”
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PossibleUnderscore See caseifaction. Jul 29, 2009
ag0991 to undergo the process of caseation; literally or figuratively to become cheesy Dec 2, 2008
thedayhascome /KAY see ate/ v · To become cheesy. Aug 7, 2008