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Cheer   /tʃɪr/   Listen
verb
Cheer  v. t.  (past & past part. cheered; pres. part. cheering)  
1.
To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
2.
To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. "The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered."
3.
To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.
Synonyms: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.


Cheer  v. i.  
1.
To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; usually with up. "At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up."
2.
To be in any state or temper of mind. (Obs.) "How cheer'st thou, Jessica?"
3.
To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. "And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer."


noun
Cheer  n.  
1.
The face; the countenance or its expression. (Obs.) "Sweat of thy cheer."
2.
Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. "Be of good cheer." "The parents... fled away with heavy cheer."
3.
Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. "I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have."
4.
That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.
5.
A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. "Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street."
What cheer? How do you fare? What is there that is cheering?





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"Cheer" Quotes from Famous Books



... an easy-chair as soon as the little party entered Crawshay's sitting room. There was a gloomy frown upon his forehead, but the sight of a whisky decanter and a soda-water syphon upon the sideboard, appeared to cheer him up. ...
— The Box with Broken Seals • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... stroll about a bit with me through the orchard,—it will cheer you to see the apples hanging in such rosy clusters among the grey-green leaves. Nothing prettier in all the world, I think!—and they are just ripening enough to be fragrant. Come, dear! Let ...
— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli
... thronging most thickly upon us, I have never felt the want of anything to lean against; but I own I did feel like shaking hands with a few hundred people when I heard of our Fourth of July, 1863, work, and should like to have heard and joined in an American cheer ...
— Memoir of John Lothrop Motley, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... sleighing was good, and all the world was out trying their horses on Main street—the racecourse of the world. Day after day passed, and the thermometer sank to a lower point, and the winds rose to a higher, and sleighing became uncomfortable; and even the dullest man longs for the cheer of a newspaper. The 'Nantucket Inquirer' came out for awhile, but at length it had nothing to tell and nothing to inquire about, and ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell
... the Atlantic Ocean, to find a humble admirer in the wilds of Canada, and tell how he looked among the flies. 'Why should a tear be in an old man's eye?' O, holy Moses, that's the finest line I've sighted in a dog's age. Cheer up, old man, and wipe that tear away, for I see the ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell


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