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overcook

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /o?.v?.k?k/
  • Rhymes: -?k

Alternative forms

  • over-cook

Etymology

over- +? cook

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.
  2. To do something to excess; to overdo.
    The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.

Synonyms

  • cook to death

Antonyms

  • undercook

Translations

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overdone

English

Etymology

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferd?n, equivalent to over- +? done.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ov???d?n/

Adjective

overdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

  1. Cooked too much.
  2. Exaggerated.
  3. Repeated too often; hackneyed.

Verb

overdone

  1. past participle of overdo

Further reading

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “overdone”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
  • overdone at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • done over

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