different between undercook vs underdo

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?nd?.k?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology

under- +? cook

Verb

undercook (third-person singular simple present undercooks, present participle undercooking, simple past and past participle undercooked)

1. (transitive) To cook insufficiently.

Antonyms

• overcook
• cook to death

Translations

Noun

undercook (plural undercooks)

1. A subordinate cook.
   • 2002, Helen Thompson, Anna Kasabian, Cooking spaces: designs for cooking, entertaining, and living (page 67)

     Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.

Translations

Anagrams

• uncrooked

English

Etymology

From Middle English underdon, from Old English underd?n (“to put under”), from Proto-Germanic *under + *d?n? (“to put”). Equivalent to under- +? do. Cognate with German unterthun (“to put under, subject”).

Verb

underdo (third-person singular simple present underdoes, present participle underdoing, simple past underdid, past participle underdone)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To put under, subject.
2. (transitive) To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook.
3. (intransitive) To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.
4. (intransitive) To do less than is requisite.

Anagrams

• redound, rounded