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PRECOOK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they precook ... he / she / it precooks
Past simple: precooked
Past participle: precooked
-ing form: precooking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
Example:
precook the rice
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "precook" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs precook the vegetables
