koken — meaning in English

English meaning

• boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
• cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• seethe verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

Senses

koken is used for these senses in English:

• boil (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
• boil (ambitransitive) To cook in boiling water.
• cook (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
• do (transitive) To cook.
• seethe Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

boil — full definition

1. verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
2. noun A painful, swollen, pus-filled lump on the skin caused by infection.

cook — full definition

1. noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
2. verb To prepare food by applying heat.
3. verb (slang) To manufacture illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine.
4. verb (informal) To tamper with or falsify records or figures.
5. verb (informal) To be doing very well or proceeding successfully.

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