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cabbage

noun
/ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/CA/ˈkɛb.əd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French caboce Anglo-Norman cabochebor. Middle English caboche English cabbage From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).

  1. derived from caput
  2. inherited from caboche

Definitions

  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

    • In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient.

  2. The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

    • Cabbage is good for you.

  3. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

    • After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Used as a term of endearment.

      • If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage! Of course, a girl must know her place.

    2. Money.

    3. Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

    4. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

    5. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby…

      A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.

    6. A human head.

      • American made choppas / You beefin', we split ya cabbage

    7. To form a head like that of the cabbage.

      • to make lettuce cabbage

    8. To do nothing

      To do nothing; to idle; veg out.

      • How effective the project was is a moot point, because there were never any studies carried out to see whether children benefited from cabbaging in front of the TV rather than interacting with a teacher.

    9. To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

    10. Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors…

      Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.

    11. To embezzle or purloin

      To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

      • [Y]our Butler purloins your Liquor, and your Brevver ſells your Hogvvaſh; […] your Taylor, inſtead of Shreds, cabages vvhole Yards of Cloth; […]
      • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.

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Derived

bacon and cabbage, beach cabbage, cabbage aphid, cabbageball, cabbage-bark, cabbage butterfly, cabbage fly, cabbage gum, cabbagehead, cabbage head, cabbage-head, cabbageless, cabbage lettuce, cabbagelike, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage on a stick, cabbage palm, cabbage patch, cabbage roll, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbage salad, Cabbagetown, Cabbage Tree, Cabbage Tree Island, cabbage white, cabbagewood, cabbage worm, cabbagy, celery cabbage, cone cabbage, drumhead cabbage, green mustard cabbage, harlequin cabbage bug, hispi cabbage, how the cow ate the cabbage, I don't boil my cabbage twice, I don't chew my cabbage twice, imported cabbage worm · +27 more

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No curated loop yet for cabbage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA