con·coct (k n-k kt )tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts 1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking. 2. To devise, using skill and intelligence; contrive: concoct a mystery story. [Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.] con·coct er, con·coctor n.con·coc tion n.con·coc tive adj. |
concoct [kənˈkɒkt]
vb (tr)
1. to make by combining different ingredients
2. to invent; make up; contrive
[from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook]
concocter , concoctor n
concoctive adj
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| Verb | 1. | concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixing amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
| 2. | concoct - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | |
| 3. | concoct - invent; "trump up charges" | |
| 4. | concoct - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
concoct
Translations
concoct [kənˈkɒkt] VT [+ food, drink] → confeccionar; [+ lie, story] → inventar; [+ plot] → tramar, fraguar
concoct
vt
(Cook etc) → zusammenstellen, (zu)bereiten; (hum) → kreieren, zurechtzaubern
(fig) → sich (dat) → zurechtlegen; scheme, plan also → ausbrüten or -hecken; excuse also → sich (dat) → ausdenken; new dress, hat → zaubern
concoct [kənˈkɒkt] vt (food, drink) → mettere insieme; (lie, story, excuse) → inventare; (scheme) → architettare
concoct [kənˈkɒkt] vt (food, drink) → mettere insieme; (lie, story, excuse) → inventare; (scheme) → architettare
concoct [kənˈkɒkt] vt (food, drink) → mettere insieme; (lie, story, excuse) → inventare; (scheme) → architettare
v concoct [kənˈkokt, (American ) kon-]
to put together, make up or invent I've concocted a new drink for you to try; The child concocted a story about having been attacked. saamflans; meng, brou; beraam; versin, uitdink, uitbroei; fabriseer يَخْتَلِق، يُعِدُّ حِساءً بالمَزْج скалъпвам namíchat; vymyslet; sestavit brygge sammen; finde på; udtænke zusammenbrauen, sich ausdenken επινοώ inventar kokku segama, sepitsema ساختن valmistaa, sepittää inventer לְהַמצִיא गढ़ना izmisliti (össze)kotyvaszt meramu sjóða saman, búa til inventare 混ぜ合わせてつくる 조제하다, 꾸며내다 užmaišyti, išgalvoti, pramanyti (ātri) pagatavot; sagudrot; sadomāt mereka brouwen sette sammen, brygge, koke sammen, mikse prokurować, wymyślać inventar a amesteca; a născoci, a inventa состряпать;выдумать vymyslieť izmisliti si, skrpucati smisliti blanda (laga) till, koka ihop ผสม karıştırıp hazırlamak, uydurmak 調配；捏造 вигадувати; складати پکانا ، قصہ گھڑنا tạo ra 调制；编造
n conˈcoction [-ʃən]
mengsel, brousel; beraming; versinsel إخْتِلاق قِصَّه измислица namíchání, směs bryg; blanding das Gebräu, die Erfindung παρασκεύασμα, επινόηση mejunje, brebaje segu, sepitsus من درآورده؛ معجون sekoitus, sepittäminen préparation תַעֲרוֹבֶת, הֲכָנָה काढ़ा, कपटजाल, कुचक्र, दुरभिसंधि varenje, preparat, uvarak, skuhano (össze)kotyvasztás ramuan samsuða miscela, preparato 調合 혼성, 조제물 mišinys, prasimanymas, pramanas brūvējums; sadomājums rekaan brouwsel sammensetning, brygg, påfunn, oppspinn wymysł mistela amestec выдумка namiešanie skrpucalo izmišljotina tillagning, hopkok การผสม karışım, terkip 調配；捏造 готування, куховарство جھوٹ ، بناوٹ sự tạo ra 调制；编造
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