Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sneeze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneeze \Sneeze\, n.
A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound,
chiefly through the nose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sneeze
n : a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air
from the nose [syn: {sneezing}, {sternutation}]
v : exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's
nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"
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