Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chef
Participle: cheffed
Gerund: cheffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chef |
| you | chef |
| he;she;it | chefs |
| we | chef |
| you | chef |
| they | chef |
Perfect
| I | have cheffed |
| you | have cheffed |
| he;she;it | has cheffed |
| we | have cheffed |
| you | have cheffed |
| they | have cheffed |
Past
| I | cheffed |
| you | cheffed |
| he;she;it | cheffed |
| we | cheffed |
| you | cheffed |
| they | cheffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cheffed |
| you | had cheffed |
| he;she;it | had cheffed |
| we | had cheffed |
| you | had cheffed |
| they | had cheffed |
Future
| I | will chef |
| you | will chef |
| he;she;it | will chef |
| we | will chef |
| you | will chef |
| they | will chef |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cheffed |
| you | will have cheffed |
| he;she;it | will have cheffed |
| we | will have cheffed |
| you | will have cheffed |
| they | will have cheffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chef |
| you | chef |
| he;she;it | chef |
| we | chef |
| you | chef |
| they | chef |
Perfect
| I | have cheffed |
| you | have cheffed |
| he;she;it | have cheffed |
| we | have cheffed |
| you | have cheffed |
| they | have cheffed |
Imperfect
| I | cheffed |
| you | cheffed |
| he;she;it | cheffed |
| we | cheffed |
| you | cheffed |
| they | cheffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cheffed |
| you | had cheffed |
| he;she;it | had cheffed |
| we | had cheffed |
| you | had cheffed |
| they | had cheffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chef |
| you | would chef |
| he;she;it | would chef |
| we | would chef |
| you | would chef |
| they | would chef |
Perfect
| I | would have cheffed |
| you | would have cheffed |
| he;she;it | would have cheffed |
| we | would have cheffed |
| you | would have cheffed |
| they | would have cheffed |
Imperative
| you | chef |
| we | Let's chef |
| you | chef |
Verbs conjugated like 'chef'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chef'
chew,
chief,
ache,
beef,
chafe,
chaff,
chak,
cham,
chap,
char,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Unadapted borrowing from French chef (from the positions of chef d'office and chef de cuisine), from Old French chief (“head, leader”) (English chief), from Vulgar Latin capus (“head”) (from which also captain, chieftain), from Latin caput (“head”) (possibly related to English cap (“head covering”)).
2. Doublet of cape, capo, caput, and chief through Latin, and head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.
Verbs referencing "chef"
Russian
шефнуть.
Sample Sentences
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It was Brick who talked on alumni relations with the active chapters and who cheffed at our steak fry (more of that later) and Mrs. Cowles who took over […] [1953, The Deke Quarterly, volume 71, number 4, page 32:]
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I cheffed part-time at a nice restaurant in town. [1996, Sonora Review, number 31, page 110:]
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He opened Oakleys in 2002, having formerly cheffed at the late, much-missed Something Different and, before that, world-renowned kitchens in Chicago […] [2007, Indianapolis Monthly, page 68:]
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A man called Richard Briggs cheffed at the Globe Tavern on Fleet Street, the White Hart Tavern in Holborn and the Temple Coffee House. [2020, William Sitwell, The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:]
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He got cheffed up proper.
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Still on my knife work chef him up with that rambo [2016, “Skeng Man”, ASAP of 67 (lyrics):]
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Child just said he'd "chef me up". I said not hungry, but it restored my faith in young generation, offering to cook for strangers. [2017 June 13, @louistheroux, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023:]
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He got cheffed in the A in the head [2018 August 9, “Pallance 2.0”, Taze of SMG (lyrics):]
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Third time he was out of luck
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He tripped up and got cheffed [2018 August 16, “Ks On Who”, Sav12 of 12World (lyrics):]
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Asked how he knew that, he replied: "Uh? Because I know that ... It was to do with Svenson's op - they cheffed him up a couple of month or something, a couple of months before. [2019 October 9, Manuel Petrovic, quotee, “Jodie Chesney: Killer targeted 'wrong people' court told”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2019:]
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thinkin' that I be cheffin'.' [2020, “Drip Like Me”, performed by Kenndog:]