overcook

English

Alternative forms

over-cook

Etymology

Verb

overcook (third-person singular simple present overcooks, present participle overcooking, simple past and past participle overcooked)

(transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
To do something to excess; to overdo.
The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.

Antonyms

undercook

Translations

cook for too long

Chinese:
Mandarin: 過頭 (zh), 过头 (zh) (guòtóu) (used as an adverb, with a specific cooking verb)
Finnish: ylikypsentää
French: surcuire (fr)

Greek:
Ancient: ὑπεροπτάω (huperoptáō)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: recocer (es)

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