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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNEEZE, v.i.
To emit air through the nose audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irriatation of the inner membrance of the nose. Thus snuff or any thing that tickles the nose, makes one sneeze.
SNEEZE, n. A sudden and violent ejection of air through the nose with an audible sound.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation] v
1: exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (sneezed; sneezing) Etymology: Middle English snesen, alteration of fnesen, from Old English fn?osan; akin to Middle High German pfn?sen to snort, sneeze, Greek pnein to breathe Date: 14th century to make a sudden violent spasmodic audible expiration of breath through the nose and mouth especially as a reflex act • sneezer noun II. noun Date: 1646 an act or instance of sneezing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth caused by irritation of the nostrils. 2 the sound of this. --v.intr. make a sneeze. Phrases and idioms: not to be sneezed at colloq. not contemptible; considerable; notable. Derivatives: sneezer n. sneezy adj. Etymology: ME snese, app. alt. of obs. fnese f. OE -fnesan, ON fn|sa & replacing earlier and less expressive nese

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sneeze Sneeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne['o]san.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] ``He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.'' --Prof. Wilson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sneeze Sneeze, n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sneezes, sneezing, sneezed) 1. When you sneeze, you suddenly take in your breath and then blow it down your nose noisily without being able to stop yourself, for example because you have a cold. What exactly happens when we sneeze?... VERB: V • Sneeze is also a noun. Coughs and sneezes spread infections. N-COUNT 2. If you say that something is not to be sneezed at, you mean that it is worth having. (INFORMAL) The money's not to be sneezed at. PHRASE

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

snez (zorer, Pho`el-form zarar): "The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes" (2Ki 4:35). "Sneezing," better "snorting," is found in the description of Leviathan (the crocodile): "His sneezings (`atsishah) flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning" (Job 41:18 (Hebrew 10)).

See NEESING.

Moby Thesaurus

Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, buzz, cough, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, hiss, hissing, huff, hush, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, lisp, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, respire, rhonchus, scuba, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneer, sneeze at, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, swish, wheeze, whish, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, wind, zip