| VERB | creation | cook up, concoct | prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | cook up, fabricate, manufacture, make up, invent | make up something artificial or untrue |
| Meaning | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | concoct | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
| Spanish | confeccionar | |
| Catalan | confeccionar | |
| Meaning | make up something artificial or untrue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fabricate, manufacture, make up, invent | |
| Narrower | confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory |
| mythologize, mythologise | Construct a myth | |
| spin | make up a story | |
| trump up, concoct | invent | |
| vamp, vamp up | make up | |
| Broader | think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct | devise or invent / invent |
| See also | cook | tamper, with the purpose of deception |
| Spanish | fabricar, inventar | |
| Catalan | fabricar, inventar | |
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