overcook

English

Alternative forms

• over-cook

Etymology

over- +‎ cook

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
2. 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／过头 (zh) (guòtóu), 过头 (zh) (guòtóu) (used as an adverb, with a specific cooking verb)

• Finnish: ylikypsentää
• French: surcuire (fr)
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• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπεροπτάω (huperoptáō)

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: recocer (es)