paistua — meaning in English

English meaning

• bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
• boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
• cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
• fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
• stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.

Senses

paistua is used for these senses in English:

• bake (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
• boil (transitive, UK, informal) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
• cook (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
• fry (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
• fry (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
• fry (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
• stew (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

bake — full definition

1. verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
2. verb To harden or dry something using heat.
3. noun A social event where food is baked or served, or a baked dish itself.

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.

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