different between cheek vs pride

English

Etymology

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ??ce, ??ace, ??oce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *kek?, *k?k?, *kak?, *kauk?, *keuk? (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yewh?- (“to chew”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?k, IPA^(key): /t?i?k/

Noun

cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)

1. (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

   Synonym: (obsolete) wang
2. (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

   Synonyms: arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek

3. (figuratively, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

   Synonyms: impertinence, impudence, (slang) brass neck, (informal) nerve, (informal, especially US) sass, chutzpah

4. (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
   1. (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
6. (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

7. Either side of an axehead.
8. (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• buccal
• genal

Verb

cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)

1. To be impudent towards.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Sunday," [1]

     We did not like him much because he kissed us and was preachy when we cheeked pretty Tallie, who did not rule over us as Dede did […]

   Don't cheek me, you little rascal!

2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.

Anagrams

• Keech, keech

English

Alternative forms

• pryde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pride, from Old English pr?de, pr?te (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English pr?d (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?a?d/, [?p???a?d]
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Homophone: pried

Noun

pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

1. The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
2. (often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

   He took pride in his work.

   He had pride of ownership in his department.

   • 1790-1793, William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven

     The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.
   • 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables

     Pride goeth before the fall.

4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

     lofty trees yclad with summer's pride

   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village

     a bold peasantry, their country's pride

5. Show; ostentation; glory.
6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,
   • to be in the pride of one's life.
7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
9. (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.

   A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.

10. (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
11. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.

Synonyms

• (a sense of one's own worth): dignity; See also Thesaurus:pride
• (proud or disdainful behavior): conceit, disdain; See also Thesaurus:arrogance
• (lust; sexual desire): See also Thesaurus:lust
• (lamprey species): prid, sandpiper

Derived terms

• gay pride
• point of pride
• pride comes before a fall
• prideful
• pride of place
• pride parade
• prider
• Pride

Related terms

• proud

See also

• clowder, company of small felines

Translations

Verb

pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)

1. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
   • 1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

     Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.

Derived terms

• prided
• priding

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pride”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• pried, re-dip, redip, riped