Uncook

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the act of cooking. transitive

    "You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food."

  2. 2
    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. slang, transitive

    "Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's..."

Example

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"You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food."

Etymology

From un- + cook.

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