COOK UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Concoct something artificial or untrue

Synonyms:

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "cook up" is one way to...):

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cook up"):

confabulate (unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory)

concoct; trump up (invent)

spin (make up a story)

vamp; vamp up (make up)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

Example:

concoct a strange mixture

Synonyms:

concoct; cook up

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "cook up" is one way to...):

cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something