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COOKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
Classified under:
Similar:
well-done ((meat) cooked until there is no pink meat left inside)
wafer-like (resembling a thin crisp wafer)
toasted (browned over by exposure to heat)
sunny-side up ((eggs) fried on only one side)
steamed (cooked in steam)
souffle-like (resembling a souffle)
soft-boiled ((eggs) having the yolk still liquid)
seared (having the surface burned quickly with intense heat)
saute; sauteed (fried quickly in a little fat)
roast; roasted ((meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven)
ready-cooked (cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale)
rare-roasted ((meat) roasted with the meat inside still rare)
parched (toasted or roasted slightly)
pancake-style (cooked as pancakes are cooked)
overdone (cooked too long but still edible)
medium ((meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside)
lyonnaise (cooked with onions)
hard-boiled ((eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid)
hard-baked (baked until hard)
deep-fried; fried (cooked by frying in fat)
done (cooked until ready to serve)
candy-like (resembling candy)
burned; burnt (ruined by overcooking)
broiled; grilled (cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill))
braised (cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container)
boiled; poached; stewed (cooked in hot water)
batter-fried (fried in batter)
barbecued; grilled (cooked over an outdoor grill)
baked ((bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven))
au gratin (cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese))
Antonym:
raw (not treated with heat to prepare it for eating)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb cook
Context examples:
There was a gridiron in the pantry, on which my morning rasher of bacon was cooked.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He fed the dogs, cooked and ate his supper, and made his bed close to the fire.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
At half-past five, under his directions, I set the table in the cabin, with rough-weather trays in place, and then carried the tea and cooked food down from the galley.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She boiled the asparagus for an hour and was grieved to find the heads cooked off and the stalks harder than ever.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A chemical that is formed when meat, poultry, or fish is cooked at high temperatures, such as frying, broiling, and barbecuing.
(HCA, NCI Dictionary)
Squire and I cooked outside in spite of the danger, and even outside we could hardly tell what we were at, for horror of the loud groans that reached us from the doctor's patients.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
These turbulent structures are key to the redistribution of the heavier elements — which are cooked up by massive stars as they live and die — into the interstellar medium, where they eventually form new stars and planets.
(Dead Star Circled by Light, ESO)
Researchers from Australia and Greece divided the children into two groups and instructed around half to eat two meals of cooked fatty fish (of at least 150 grams) as part of the Greek Mediterranean diet every week for six months.
(Fish-Rich Diet Beneficial for Children with Asthma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
She, who had never cooked in her life, learned to make bread without the mediation of hops, yeast, or baking-powder, and to bake bread, top and bottom, in a frying-pan before an open fire.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
During their analysis of compounds released from the substances picked up in the Amazon, the researchers became aware of the presence of a range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HAPs), which are typically released as a result of burning organic materials, including cooked steak.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
