"overcook" meaning in English

See overcook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overcook.wav Forms: overcooks [present, singular, third-person], overcooking [participle, present], overcooked [participle, past], overcooked [past]
Rhymes: -ʊk Etymology: From over- + cook. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|cook|pos=verb}} over- + cook Head templates: {{en-verb}} overcook (third-person singular simple present overcooks, present participle overcooking, simple past and past participle overcooked)
  1. (transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-overcook-en-verb-LnwBaMvx Disambiguation of Cooking: 68 32
  2. (transitive, slang) To do something to excess; to overdo. Tags: slang, transitive Translations (cook for too long — see also overdo): ὑπεροπτάω (huperoptáō) (Ancient Greek), 過頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 过头 (guòtóu) (note: used as an adverb, with a specific cooking verb) (Chinese Mandarin), ylikypsentää (Finnish), surcuire (French), zerkochen (German), verkochen (German), totkochen [colloquial] (German), túlfőz (Hungarian), rozgotować [perfective] (Polish), rozgotowywać [imperfective] (Polish), перевари́ть (perevarítʹ) (english: boiling) [perfective] (Russian), пережа́рить (perežáritʹ) (english: roasting or frying) [perfective] (Russian), recocer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overcook-en-verb-CRrR-k4i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English verbs prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'cook for too long — see also overdo': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: over-cook

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature."
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        "(transitive, slang) To do something to excess; to overdo."
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          "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
          "word": "過頭"
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          "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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        "(transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature."
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
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      "sense": "cook for too long — see also overdo",
      "word": "recocer"
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