Cook and Invent

Cook

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

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

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

Invent verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Usage example: they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother

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Cook and invent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cook" instead a verb "Invent".

way	cook way	invent way
items	cook items	invent items

Dagny Taggart can cook for herself, Hank Rearden did invent the alloys himself, and Francisco d'Anconia probably shouldn't have been depicted as a blonde.

Source: Webcomic / Bob the Angry Flower
In Family Matters, one episode had Steve Urkel invent gunpowder that was set off by the finale of "Roll Out the Barrel." When it was mistaken for pepper and used to cook dinner for a party, hilarity ensued.

Source: Musical Trigger
The usual explanation for heatstrokes in tropical climates until the early 20th century was that solar rays cook the hapless guy's head - which drove people to invent the broad-brimmed sombreros, Stetson hats, Asian conical hats or pith helmets.

Source: Right for the Wrong Reasons

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