CONCOCT
Dictionary entry overview: What does concoct mean?
• CONCOCT (verb)
The verb CONCOCT has 4 senses:
1. make a concoction (of) by mixing
2. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
3. invent
4. devise or invent
Familiarity information: CONCOCT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONCOCT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a concoction (of) by mixing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "concoct" is one way to...):
amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify (to bring or combine together or with something else)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
cook up; concoct
Context example:
concoct a strange mixture
Hypernyms (to "concoct" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Invent
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
trump up; concoct
Context example:
trump up charges
Hypernyms (to "concoct" is one way to...):
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (make up something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Devise or invent
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
think up; dream up; hatch; concoct; think of
Context examples:
He thought up a plan to get rich quickly / no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Hypernyms (to "concoct" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concoct"):
idealise; idealize (form ideals)
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (make up something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he concoct his major works over a short period of time?
