concoct

con·coct  (kn-kkt)

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.

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[Latin concoquere, concoct-, to boil together : com-, com- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·cocter, con·coctor n.

con·coction n.

con·coctive adj.

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concoct

Verb

1. to make by combining different ingredients

2. to invent or make up (a story or plan) [Latin coquere to cook]

concoction n

Thesaurus

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" cook up 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" ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
	3.	concoct - invent; "trump up charges" trump up cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	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" dream up, think up, hatch, think of idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue

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concoct

verb make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal) trump up, project

Translations

concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt [+ food, drink] → preparar [+ story]; inventar [+ plot]; tramar

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → confectionner, composer

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt (excuse etc) → sich dat ausdenken;

(meal, sauce) → improvisieren

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concoct [kənˈkɔkt] vt → inventare

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concoct

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 뒤섞어 만들다, 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 調制；編造 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 조작 mišinys, prasimanymas, pramanas brūvējums; sadomājums rekaan brouwsel sammensetning, brygg, påfunn, oppspinn wymysł mistela amestec выдумка namiešanie skrpucalo izmišljotina tillagning, hopkok การผสม karışım, terkip 調制；編造 готування, куховарство جھوٹ ، بناوٹ sự tạo ra 调制；编造