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undercooks

undercooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undercook.

Meaning of undercook

Verb

undercook (third-person singular simple present undercooks, present participle undercooking, simple past and past participle undercooked)

  1. (transitive) To cook insufficiently.
    Antonyms:
    overcook, scorch
  2. (figuratively, transitive) 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.2024 March 10, David Hytner, “Doku involved at both ends as Liverpool and Manchester City share spoils”, in The Guardian
    Antonyms:
    overdo

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Questions about undercooks

What is undercooks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undercooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undercook.

Words near undercooks in the dictionary

  1. undercooked
  2. undercookedness
  3. undercooker
  4. undercookers
  5. undercooking
  6. undercooks
  7. undercool
  8. undercooled
  9. undercooling
  10. undercoolings
  11. undercools

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