adj
Meaning 1
Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This meat is overcooked, almost burnt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overcooked
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adj
Meaning 2
Done to excess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His Elvis impersonation was embarrassingly overcooked.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tryhard
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of overcook
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From over- + cooked.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ylikypsä — cooked for too long
- French: trop cuit — cooked for too long
- German: verbraten — cooked for too long
- German: verkocht — cooked for too long
- Hungarian: túlfőtt — cooked for too long
- Hungarian: túlfőzött — cooked for too long
- Irish: róchócaráilte — cooked for too long
- Norwegian Bokmål: ihjelkokt — cooked for too long
- Polish: rozgotowany — cooked for too long
- Slovak: rozvarené — cooked for too long
- Swedish: urkokt — cooked for too long
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