prepare
Verb
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subtypes:
- socialise, socialize - prepare for social life
- provide - take measures in preparation for
- cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
- precondition - put into the required condition beforehand
- fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- lay out, set, set up - get ready for a particular purpose or event
- winterise, winterize - prepare for winter
- summerise, summerize - prepare for summer
- prime - insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
- crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops
- brace, poise - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
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is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratchsubtypes:
- keep, preserve - prevent (food) from rotting
- dress, dress out - kill and prepare for market or consumption
- deglaze - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring
- escallop, scallop - bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
- flambe - pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
- put on - put on the stove or ready for cooking
- devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste
- precook - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
- whip up, whomp up - prepare or cook quickly or hastily
- concoct, cook up - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
- lard - prepare or cook with lard
verb group: make - gather and light the materials for -
subtypes:
- mount, put on - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- lay - prepare or position for action or operation
- set up - begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- sandwich - make into a sandwich
- spatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
- embattle - prepare for battle or conflict
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is a type of: educate - give an education toverb group:
- prepare, train - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
- develop, educate, prepare, train - create by training and teaching
- check, condition, discipline, train - develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
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subtypes:
- retrain - teach new skills
- drill - train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- house-train, housebreak - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
- toilet-train - train (a small child) to use the toilet
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manneris a type of: sound - cause to sound
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subtypes:
- apprentice - be or work as an apprentice
- retrain - train again
- drill - undergo military training or do military exercises
same as: train
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