kypsyä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
- cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
- mature adj Fully grown or developed, whether physically, mentally, or emotionally.
- ripe adjective Fully grown and ready to eat, as fruit or grain.
- ripen verb To become, or make, ripe.
Senses
kypsyä is used for these senses in English:
- come to a head (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage.
- cook (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- cure (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- ripen (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
- ripen (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection
cook — full definition
- noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
- verb To prepare food by applying heat.
- verb (slang) To manufacture illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine.
- verb (informal) To tamper with or falsify records or figures.
- verb (informal) To be doing very well or proceeding successfully.
cure — full definition
- noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
- verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
- verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.