ψήνομαι — meaning in English

English meaning

• bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
• 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

ψήνομαι is used for these senses in English:

• bake (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
• bake (transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.
• cook (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
• 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.

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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