CONCOCT

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 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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they concoct    ... he / she / it concocts   
Past simple: concocted   
Past participle: concocted   
-ing form: concocting   

Sense 1

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

Derivation:

concoction (the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)

concoction (an occurrence of an unusual mixture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; cook up

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

Derivation:

concoction (the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)

concoction (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; trump up

Context example:

trump up charges

Hypernyms (to "concoct" is one way to...):

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concoction (the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Devise or invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up

Context example:

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 (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he concoct his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

concoction (the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose)

 Context examples 

She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A second very obvious one is that this young man really is the heir of a great property, however modest his means may at present be, and it is not impossible that a plot to hold him for ransom might be concocted.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Traddles and I laying our heads together apart, while Mr. Dick anxiously watched us from his chair, we concocted a scheme in virtue of which we got him to work next day, with triumphant success.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Old Hannah never wearied of concocting dainty dishes to tempt a capricious appetite, dropping tears as she worked, and from across the sea came little gifts and cheerful letters, seeming to bring breaths of warmth and fragrance from lands that know no winter.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)