chef
//ʃɛf//
Forms
- Plural
- chefs
- present (v1)
- chef
- past (v2)
- cheffed
- past participle (v3)
- cheffed
- present participle
- cheffing
- 3rd person singular
- chefs
Definitions
1.The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
- The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
2.The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.
- The cause of the disturbance, it appeared, was the angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
3.Any cook.
- My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.
4.One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.(slang)
- But trying to stop all the nation's meth chefs makes as much sense as building a wall along the Mexican border.
1.To stab with a knife, to shank.
- Child just said he'd "chef me up". I said not hungry, but it restored my faith in young generation, offering to cook for strangers.
- He got cheffed up proper.
- Asked how he knew that, he replied: "Uh? Because I know that .. It was to do with Svenson's op - they cheffed him up a couple of month or something, a couple of months before.
2.To impress others.
3.To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.(informal)
- I cheffed part-time at a nice restaurant in town.
- A man called Richard Briggs cheffed at the Globe Tavern on Fleet Street, the White Hart Tavern in Holborn and the Temple Coffee House.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3017
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).