Cook and Direct

Cook

Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.

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Direct and cook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Cook".

Nearby Words: cooked, cooking, cookery, cooker, cooky

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

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Cook and direct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cook" instead a verb "Direct".

people	cook people	direct people
time	cook time	direct time

She then goes on to interpret this as cooking as fast as she can regardless of the rest of her time while at the same time, not calling out cook times and requests — even saying on the Confession Cam that, as a leader, she doesn't have time to slow and direct people with cook times and such.

Source: Series / Hell's Kitchen
However, instead of giving up, she had a medic check on her hand, put it in ice water, then started to direct her team to help them cover her station, as she was unable to cook, and did not leave until forced to by the medic.

Source: Determinator / Live-Action TV
In the extremely forgettable 1989 DTV skiffy movie Arena, Steve Armstrong plays a short-order cook attempting to win the intergalactic boxing championship; it's mentioned briefly that he's a direct descendant of Neil Armstrong.

Source: Famous Ancestor

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