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Cabbage
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- 1 An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. countable, uncountable
"In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient."
- 2 Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept. slang, uncountable
- 3 any of various types of cabbage wordnet
- 4 An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.; Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea. broadly, countable, uncountable
- 5 any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers wordnet
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- 6 The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. uncountable
"Cabbage is good for you."
- 7 informal terms for money wordnet
- 8 A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage. countable, offensive
"After the car crash, he became a cabbage."
- 9 Used as a term of endearment. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 10 Money. slang, uncountable
- 11 Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted. slang, uncountable
- 12 A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food. countable, uncountable
- 13 A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands. countable, uncountable
- 14 A human head. countable, slang, uncountable
"American made choppas / You beefin', we split ya cabbage"
- 1 To form a head like that of the cabbage. intransitive
"to make lettuce cabbage"
- 2 To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal. transitive
"[Y]our Butler purloins your Liquor, and your Brevver ſells your Hogvvaſh; […] your Taylor, inſtead of Shreds, cabages vvhole Yards of Cloth; […]"
- 3 make off with belongings of others wordnet
- 4 To do nothing; to idle; veg out. intransitive, slang
"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."
- 5 To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head. slang
Etymology
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).
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).
Unclear. Perhaps from Dutch *kabbassen, from Old French cabasser (“put into a basket”), from cabas. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word *carbage (“shred”), a potential variant of *garbage (“wheat straw”).
Unclear. Perhaps from Dutch *kabbassen, from Old French cabasser (“put into a basket”), from cabas. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word *carbage (“shred”), a potential variant of *garbage (“wheat straw”).
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