Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not cooked; raw.
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- adjective
raw and notcooked , especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
uncook .
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- adjective not cooked
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Examples
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They should remain uncooked and cool and be a contrast to the very hot (both in heat and spice) chicken.
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"uncooked" -- that is, not ready for plant assimilation.
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The bacterium has been found in a variety of raw foods, such as uncooked meats and vegetables, as well as in processed foods that become contaminated after processing, such as soft cheeses and cold cuts at the deli counter.
Listeriosis 2008
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Things which need longer cooking, such as uncooked meat, bacon, sausages, &c., should be dry fried.
Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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Wine is also offered to the goddess, and after being consecrated is sprinkled on every kind of uncooked food brought before her.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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When begging they say 'Alakh,' and they accept any kind of uncooked and cooked food from Brahmans.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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One advocates one plan, and another an entirely different, and sometimes a directly opposite plan -- such as uncooked vs. thoroughly cooked food; a strictly vegetarian diet, and mental culture in place of attention to either, etc.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
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The little one would satisfy her appetite as well as she could with some kind of uncooked food, salads, vinegary things that deceive a young woman's appetite, even charcoal, which she would nibble with the depraved taste and capricious stomach of her age and sex.
Germinie Lacerteux Edmond de Goncourt 1859
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NTS usually causes vomiting and diarrhoea in developed countries and is predominantly contracted by consuming infected foods, such as uncooked meat and eggs.
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NTS usually causes vomiting and diarrhoea in developed countries and is predominantly contracted by consuming infected foods, such as uncooked meat and eggs.
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