OVERCOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overcook mean? 

• OVERCOOK (verb)
  The verb OVERCOOK has 1 sense:

1. cook too long

  Familiarity information: OVERCOOK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERCOOK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overcook    ... he / she / it overcooks   
Past simple: overcooked   
Past participle: overcooked   
-ing form: overcooking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook too long

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The vegetables were completely overcooked

Hypernyms (to "overcook" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs overcook the vegetables