English > ready: 8 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | Prepare for eating by applying heat. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | The chefs ready the vegetables |
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| Synonyms | cook, fix, make, prepare |
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| Narrower | concoct, cook up | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
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| deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid / liquid and stirring |
| devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste |
| dress, dress out | kill and prepare for market or consumption |
| flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) |
| lard | Prepare or cook with lard |
| precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting |
| put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking |
| scallop, escallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top |
| whip up, whomp up | Prepare or cook quickly or hastily |
| Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
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| Similar to | make | Gather and light the materials for |
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| Spanish | cocinar, confeccionar, crear, formar, guisar, preparar |
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| Catalan | confeccionar, coure, crear, cuinar, formar, guisar, preparar |
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English > ready: 8 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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| Example | "Get the children ready for school!" |
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| Synonyms | fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set |
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| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
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| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | acondicionar, aprestarse, aprestar, disponerse, disponer, prepararse, preparar |
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| Catalan | aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar |
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| Nouns | ready | poised for action / action |
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| readying | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
