"uncook" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-uk-uncook.ogg Forms: uncooks [present, singular, third-person], uncooking [participle, present], uncooked [participle, past], uncooked [past]
Etymology: From un- + cook. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|cook}} un- + cook Head templates: {{en-verb}} uncook (third-person singular simple present uncooks, present participle uncooking, simple past and past participle uncooked)
  1. (transitive) To undo the act of cooking. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncook-en-verb-~mEGvjWT
  2. (computing, slang, transitive) To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-uncook-en-verb-pqSBSc6E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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