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To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Broader term 5

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Manner of action 24

Bake 76% connected

To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

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Blanch 76% connected

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

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Braise 76% connected

Alt. of Braize

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Brown 76% connected

Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

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Coddle 76% connected

To parboil, or soften by boiling.

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Concoct 76% connected

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

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Devil 76% connected

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Escallop 76% connected

See Escalop.

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Fricassee 76% connected

A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy.

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Fry 76% connected

To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry…

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Grill 76% connected

A gridiron.

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Lard 76% connected

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

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Parboil 76% connected

To boil or cook thoroughly.

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Poach 76% connected

To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Roast 76% connected

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces wit…

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Scallop 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Souse 76% connected

A corrupt form of Sou.

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Steam 76% connected

The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

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Stew 76% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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zap 76% connected

To strike or hit suddenly, especially with a burst of energy

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Narrower term 6

Chef 76% connected

A chief of head person.

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Cookie 76% connected

See Cooky.

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Cooky 76% connected

A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

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Preserver 76% connected

One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.

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Roaster 76% connected

One who roasts meat.

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Seasoner 76% connected

One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

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Derivationally related 4

Cookery 74% connected

The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

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Cookery 74% connected

The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

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Synonym 9

Fake 92% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Falsify 92% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Fudge 92% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manipulate 92% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Misrepresent 92% connected

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

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Prepare 92% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ready 92% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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