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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sneeze

/snēz/ · IPA /sniːz/
01 v. i. To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the in…
imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Not to be sneezed at — not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly.
02 n. A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
  1. 1.
    A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.