prepare
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(verb) make suitable for eating; of foods |
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Related Words: dress, dress out, preserve, transform, translate |
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(verb) make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war" |
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Synonyms: gear up, ready, set, set up |
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Related Words: alter, brace, change, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, mount, poise, precondition, prime, set up, socialize, summerize, winterize, work |
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(verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
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Related Words: create, make, rough, rough in, rough out |
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(verb) prepare for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor" |
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Synonyms: groom, train |
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Related Words: dispose, educate, qualify |
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(verb) undergo training or instruction |
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Synonyms: train |
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Related Words: apprentice, drill, learn, read, study, take |
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(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
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Synonyms: devise, get up, organize |
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Related Words: initiate, lay, mount, pioneer, put on, set up, spatchcock |
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(verb) prepare for a future task or career; "I am training young minds"; "develop leaders" |
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Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
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Related Words: drill, housebreak, instruct, learn, teach, toilet-train |
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(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
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Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
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Related Words: concoct, cook up, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, devil, lard, precook, put on, whip up, whomp up |
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