Verb | 1. | ![]() 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" ginger - add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup" pepper - add pepper to; "pepper the soup" |
2. | spice up - make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes" |