sneeze

sneeze is on the Basic English 850 List.

snake - sneeze - snow

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /sniːz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /sniz/

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Verb

Plain form sneeze

Third-person singular sneezes

Past tense sneezed

Past participle sneezed

Present participle sneezing

1. (intransitive) If you sneeze, a feeling in your nose makes you suddenly blow air out of your nose and mouth.

   He sneezed until his nose was red.

   You'll give everyone your cold coughing and sneezing like that.

Noun

Singular sneeze

Plural sneezes

1. (countable) A sneeze, is a sudden blowing of air out of your nose and mouth because of a feeling in your nose.

   She held her finger under her nose to stop a sneeze.