PRECOOK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they precook ... he / she / it precooks

Past simple: precooked

Past participle: precooked

-ing form: precooking

Meaning:

Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long

Example:

precook the rice

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "precook" 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

Sentence example:

The chefs precook the vegetables