Meanings
verbovercook (third-person singular simple present overcooks, present participle overcooking, simple past and past participle overcooked)
present singular third person overcooks · participle present overcooking · participle past overcooked · past overcooked · alternative over-cook
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπεροπτάω
- ὑπεροπτάω (huperoptáō)cook for too long — see also overdo
Chinese Mandarin 過頭 /过头
- 過頭 /过头 (guòtóu)cook for too long — see also overdo
Finnish ylikypsentää
- ylikypsentääcook for too long — see also overdo
French surcuire
- surcuirecook for too long — see also overdo
German zerkochen, verkochen
- zerkochencook for too long — see also overdo
- verkochencook for too long — see also overdo
- totkochencook for too long — see also overdo
Hungarian túlfőz
- túlfőzcook for too long — see also overdo
Icelandic ofelda
- ofeldacook for too long — see also overdo
Polish rozgotowywać, rozgotować
- rozgotowywaćcook for too long — see also overdo
- rozgotowaćcook for too long — see also overdo
Russian перевари́ть, пережа́рить
- перевари́ть (perevarítʹ)cook for too long — see also overdo
- пережа́рить (perežáritʹ)cook for too long — see also overdo
Spanish recocer, cocer demasiado
- recocercook for too long — see also overdo
- cocer demasiadocook for too long — see also overdo
- cocinar de máscook for too long — see also overdo
- retecocercook for too long — see also overdo
- sobrecocercook for too long — see also overdo
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with overcook
booklooktookoutlookhookbrookbrookeshookkochoverlookchinookcrooklogbookrookmookchookblookjookchequebookabrookbring to bookby hook or by crookCorner BrookGlenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
overcook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcook
MLA
“overcook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcook.
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