cabbage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   In aphrodisiac preparation, wild cabbage was frequently an ingredient.

2. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Cabbage is good for you.

4. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Offensive

   Examples

   After the car crash, he became a cabbage.

5. Used as a term of endearment.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   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.

6. Money.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Uncountable

7. Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Uncountable

8. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

9. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

10. A human head.

    Usage

    • Countable
    • Slang
    • Uncountable

    Examples

    American made choppas / You beefin', we split ya cabbage

11. Synonym of spinach (“thick rough”).

    Usage

    • Countable
    • Slang
    • Uncountable

    Examples

    That shot left me in the cabbage!

Verb

1. To form a head like that of the cabbage.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   to make lettuce cabbage

2. To do nothing; to idle; veg out.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Slang

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

3. To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

   Usage

   • Slang

Noun

1. Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   [Y]our Butler purloins your Liquor, and your Brevver ſells your Hogvvaſh; […] your Taylor, inſtead of Shreds, cabages vvhole Yards of Cloth; […]

   More examples (1)

   We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.

Noun

1. any of various types of cabbage

   Synonyms

   chou

   Broader terms

   cruciferous vegetable

2. informal terms for money

   Synonyms

   boodlebreadclamsdinerodoughgeltkalelettucelollylucrelootmoolahpelfscratchshekelssimoleonssugarwampum

   Broader terms

   money

3. any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

   Synonyms

   cultivated cabbageBrassica oleracea

   Broader terms

   crucifercruciferous plant

Verb

1. make off with belongings of others

   Synonyms

   pilferpurloinpinchabstractsnarfswipehooksneakfilchnobblelift

   Broader terms

   stealrip offrip