| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | cooking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being cooked |
Synonyms: |
baking, boiling, brewing, broiling, browning, frying, grilling, heating, roasting, simmering, sizzling, steaming, steeping, stewing, toasting |
| Main Entry: | cooking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in preparation |
Synonyms: |
begun, being made, going on, happening, under way |
| Main Entry: | cooking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
low, self, short, Bercy, Hogen Mogen, Indienne, Milanese, Montmorency, Mornay, Newburg, O'Brien, Provencale, Veronique, a bleu, a l'ail, a la Dieppoise, a la carte, a la king, a la mode, a point, a saignant, abroach, acetarious, aioli, al burro, al dente, alfresco, amandine, amygdalate, anacardic, anglaise, antipastic, arachidic, argenteuil, au bleu, au fromage, au gratin, au jus, au naturel, azymic, back, baveuse, bechamel, blinky, bolognese, boned, bourguignon, brut, béarnaise, cacciatore, carnous, caseous, cenal, cenatory, cereal, cervisial, charpenté, chasseur, chewy, cibarious, clamart, classically sculptured, closed, corked, corsé, crecy, creole, culinary, dauphine, depascent, devorative, dietetic, elongated, en brochette, en croute, espagnole, estragon, etouffee, farci, fat, flambé, florentine, forestiere, franconia, frumentacious, full, humming, jardiniere, jentacular, julienne, kosher, lingible, long neck, lyonnaise, magiric, maigre, malic, manducable, marengo, mariniere, market, merenda, meuniere, mit Schlag, neat, nesselrode, nicoise, normande, nucal, nuncheon, omphacine, opsonium, over, papillote, parmentier, perigord, piccata, popinal, postcibal, postprandial, pricked, racked, rare, ripieno, rissole, riziform, rosorial, savory, sec, seeded, soft, stiff, straight up, stroganoff, subgum, succulent, sunnyside up, sweet, sweet, tenellous, to go, ullaged, vacuum, vegetarian, vindemial, voidee, well, well done
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| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
Synonyms: |
alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, cook, correct mid-course, develop, dial back, diversify, doctor, fine tune, make different, metamorphose, modify, mutate, phony up, recalibrate, recast, reconstruct, refashion, reform, remodel, renovate, reshape, revamp, revise, shift, transform, transmute, turn, vary |
Antonyms: |
continue, fix, keep, let stand, maintain, preserve, remain, retain, sustain |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
Antonyms: |
aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
Synonyms: |
action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
Antonyms: |
freeze |