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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | moisten, moisturize, wet |
| Main Entry: | fry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook in hot oil |
| Synonyms: | brown, french fry, fricassee, frizzle, pan fry, sauté, sear, singe, sizzle |
| Main Entry: | grill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broil food |
| Synonyms: | barbecue, burn, charcoal-broil, cook, cook over an open pit, roast, rotisserie, sear |
| Notes: | a grill (noun) is a cooking surface of parallel metal bars - grill (verb) means to cook over a grill, while a grille is a framework of bars used as a partition, screen, or grate - or grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
| Synonyms: | bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up |
| Antonyms: | cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | parch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither |
| Antonyms: | dampen, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | scorch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | bake, blacken, blister, broil, char, cook, melt, parch, roast, scald, sear, seethe, shrivel, simmer, singe, stale, stew, swelter, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | shrivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dehydrate, dry up |
| Synonyms: | burn, contract, desiccate, dwindle, fossilize, mummify, mummy, parch, scorch, sear, shrink, stale, welter, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, grow, unwrinkle |
| Main Entry: | singe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch |
| Main Entry: | sizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss, fry |
| Synonyms: | broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz |
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