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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chief

Pronunciation:/tʃiːf/

noun

Definitions

  1. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

    Example: All firefighters report to the fire chief.

  2. The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.

  3. The principal part or top of anything.

  4. An informal term of address, sometimes ironic.

    Example: Hey, chief.

verb

Definitions

  1. To smoke cannabis.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Primary; principal.

    Example: Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.

  2. Intimate, friendly.