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BRAISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does braise mean?
• BRAISE (verb)
The verb BRAISE has 1 sense:
1. cook in liquid
Familiarity information: BRAISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they braise ... he / she / it braises
Past simple: braised
Past participle: braised
-ing form: braising
... he / she / it braises Past simple: braised
Past participle: braised
-ing form: braising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cook in liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
braise beef
Hypernyms (to "braise" is one way to...):
cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs braise the vegetables
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