English dictionary
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English verb: cook up | |||
| 1. | cook up (creation) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients | ||
| Samples | Concoct a strange mixture. | ||
| Synonyms | concoct | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cook, fix, make, prepare, ready | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
| 2. | cook up (creation) make up something artificial or untrue | ||
| Synonyms | fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, confabulate, mythologise, mythologize, spin, trump up, vamp, vamp up | ||
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