Verb

• S: (v) pamper (pamper%2:41:00::), featherbed (featherbed%2:41:00::), cosset (cosset%2:41:00::), cocker (cocker%2:41:00::), baby (baby%2:41:00::), coddle (coddle%2:41:00::), mollycoddle (mollycoddle%2:41:00::), spoil (spoil%2:41:01::), indulge (indulge%2:41:00::) (treat with excessive indulgence) "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
• S: (v) coddle (coddle%2:30:00::) (cook in nearly boiling water) "coddle eggs"
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) cook (cook%2:30:00::) (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating) "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
• S: (v) bake (bake%2:30:00::) (cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven) "bake the potatoes"
• S: (v) brown (brown%2:30:00::) (fry in a pan until it changes color) "brown the meat in the pan"
• S: (v) coddle (coddle%2:30:00::) (cook in nearly boiling water) "coddle eggs"
• S: (v) souse (souse%2:30:00::) (cook in a marinade) "souse herring"
• S: (v) microwave (microwave%2:30:00::), micro-cook (micro-cook%2:30:00::), zap (zap%2:30:00::), nuke (nuke%2:30:04::) (cook or heat in a microwave oven) "You can microwave the leftovers"
• S: (v) blanch (blanch%2:30:00::), parboil (parboil%2:30:00::) (cook (vegetables) briefly) "Parboil the beans before freezing them"
• S: (v) overcook (overcook%2:30:00::) (cook too long) "The vegetables were completely overcooked"
• S: (v) fricassee (fricassee%2:30:00::) (make a fricassee of by cooking) "fricassee meats"
• S: (v) stew (stew%2:30:00::) (cook slowly and for a long time in liquid) "Stew the vegetables in wine"
• S: (v) roast (roast%2:30:00::) (cook with dry heat, usually in an oven) "roast the turkey"
• S: (v) braise (braise%2:30:00::) (cook in liquid) "braise beef"
• S: (v) fry (fry%2:30:00::) (cook on a hot surface using fat) "fry the pancakes"
• S: (v) grill (grill%2:30:00::) (cook over or under a grill) "grill the sausages"
• S: (v) steam (steam%2:30:00::) (cook something by letting steam pass over it) "just steam the vegetables"
• S: (v) pressure-cook (pressure-cook%2:30:00::) (cook in a pressure cooker)
• S: (v) poach (poach%2:30:00::) (cook in a simmering liquid) "poached apricots"
• sentence frame