undercook
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undercook
- /ʌndɚ.kʊk/ US
Rhymes with -ʊk
verb undercooks · undercooking · undercooked
- To cook insufficiently.
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To underdo.
Liverpool needed a break and they got it at the beginning of the second half, from, of all things, a misplaced City pass. Aké was the culprit, undercooking his attempt to go back to Ederson and seeing Núñez steal in. He toed it away from the goalkeeper and was promptly cleaned out by him.
Opposite: overdo
noun undercooks
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A subordinate cook.
Near-synonyms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (all sometimes synonymous)
Similar: subcook, sous-chef, subchef, underchef, chef de partie, station chef, line cook
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verb cook insufficiently
| Español | cocinar insuficientemente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不夠火候 /不够火候 bùgòu huǒhòu |
| Русский | недова́ривать nedovárivatʹ, недовари́ть nedovarítʹ |
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