Meaning & use
overcook
To cook food for too long, making it dry, tough, or burnt beyond the desired result.
See it in a sentence
If you overcook the pasta, it turns mushy and loses its texture.
She was so distracted by the phone call that she overcooked the entire chicken.
A note on using this word
Overcook applies specifically to food; for other tasks, 'overdo' is the more general equivalent.
Words with a similar meaning
burnoverdo
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Words with an opposite meaning
undercook
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