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kochen — meaning in English

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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.
  • cooking noun The activity or process of preparing food by heating it.
  • fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
  • seethe verb Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

Senses

kochen is used for these senses in English:

  • cook (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
  • cooking (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
  • culinary art The art of cooking in particular way, a characteristic style of cooking.
  • fry (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
  • seethe Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others.

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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