Word family noun cook cooker cookery cooking adjective cooked ≠ uncooked overcooked ≠ undercooked cooking verb cook overcook ≠ undercook
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishovercooko‧ver‧cook /ˌəʊvəˈkʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] to cook food for too long OPP undercook overcooked chicken→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
overcook• Chutney should have a nice texture; be careful not to overcook.• Like all other game birds, quail need to be cooked carefully to avoid overcooking, as the flesh can dry out.• Tip: Do not overcook cake as it will dry out while cooling in tin.• Mind you, I still wouldn't want to really overcook it in the wet.• The danger in cooking duck at a high temperature is in overcooking it.• Do not overcook meat or it will be chewy.• Add mustard sauce, season and bring to the boil very quickly so as not to overcook meat.• Don't overcook your food as this can lower the vitamin and mineral content. 