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cheer
I. \ˈchi(ə)r, -iə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English chere face, welcome, cheer, from Old French chiere, chere face, perhaps from Late Latin cara head, from Greek kara head, face — more at cerebral
1.
a. obsolete : face
b. archaic : facial expression
< meek and mild of cheer — Edmund Spenser >
2. : state of mind or heart : feeling, spirit
< be of good cheer — Mt 9:2(Authorized Version) >
3. : lightness of mind and feeling : gaiety
< the wives of the officers came to the camp, and these brave women gave of their cheer to its dreary life — H.E.Scudder >
4. : hospitable entertainment : welcome
5. : something that is provided for entertainment especially at table : food and drink prepared for a feast : fare
< the fewer the better cheer >
6. : something that gladdens
< words of cheer >
7.
a. : a shout or acclamation expressing enthusiasm, applause, favor, encouragement
< cheers from the audience >
b. : a set form of words for this purpose
< the college cheer >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English cheren, from chere, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to give new hope to : lift from discouragement, dejection, or sadness to a more happy state : solace, comfort
< and through all Europe cheer desponding men with new-born hope — William Wordsworth >
b. : to instill with gladness : make glad or cause to be happy with or as if with gaiety or festivity
< a fandango usually cheered the weary legislators … after strenuous hours of deliberation — American Guide Series: California >
2. obsolete : to supply with good cheer : feast
3. : comfort, inspirit, invigorate
< food cheers >
< cups that cheer but not inebriate — William Cowper >
4. : to instill with courage, good spirits, and optimism and to inspire to continue or persevere by or as if by cheers, applause, commendation, aid
< cheer the survivors of the attack >
— often used with on
< cheer on the team >
5. : to salute or applaud with shouts
< the contest winner was cheered as she came in sight >
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to be mentally or emotionally disposed
< how cheer'st thou, Jessica — Shakespeare >
2. : to grow or be cheerful : make merry : become glad or joyous : rejoice : take or pluck up courage — used now only with up, often imperatively
3. : to utter a shout of applause or triumph
< what is there to cheer about >
Synonyms: see encourage
III.
dialect
variant of chair
IV. noun
or cheer pheasant
(-s)
Etymology: Garhwali chīr, perhaps of imitative origin
: a buff or grayish pheasant (Catreus wallichi) of the lower Himalayan mountains distinguished by a bare red eye patch and a long narrow dark-barred tail |