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neeze

neeze verb: to sneeze.

Verb

neeze (third-person singular simple present neezes, present participle neezing, simple past and past participle neezed)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To sneeze.

Forms of neeze

third-person singular presentneezes
present participleneezing
past participleneezed
pastneezed
alternative formneese

Origin of neeze

From Middle English nesen, from Old English *hnēosan (“to sneeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną (“to sneeze”), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(s)knus- (“to sneeze”) and Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to gasp, pant, breathe”). See sneeze. Compare Dutch niezen, German niesen, Swedish nysa

Words formed from neeze

Questions about neeze

What does neeze mean?
Neeze means to sneeze.
What part of speech is neeze?
Neeze is a verb.
What is the past tense of neeze?
The past tense of neeze is neezed.

Words near neeze in the dictionary

  1. Neethling virus
  2. Neethling viruses
  3. neets
  4. neetup
  5. neetups
  6. neeze
  7. neezed
  8. neezes
  9. neezies
  10. neezing
  11. neezy

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