Be careful not to overcook the carrots.
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Overcook
//oʊ.vɚ.kʊk//
Synonyms for "overcook" (2 found)
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Translations
19 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπεροπτάω verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 過頭 /过头 verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Finnish
1 entries- ylikypsentää verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
French
1 entries- surcuire verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
German
3 entries- totkochen verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- verkochen verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- zerkochen verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlfőz verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Icelandic
1 entries- ofelda verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thǖ-ōi verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Polish
2 entries- rozgotować verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- rozgotowywać verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Russian
2 entries- перевари́ть verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- пережа́рить verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Spanish
4 entries- cocer demasiado verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- cocinar de más verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- recocer verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
- retecocer verb (cook for too long — see also overdo)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Be careful not to overcook the vegetables.
Source: tatoeba (4663492)
Be careful not to overcook vegetables.
Source: tatoeba (10949735)
Don't overcook the pasta.
Source: tatoeba (11641969)
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