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Verb
/kənˈkäkt/,
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concocts, 3rd person singular present; concocted, past participle; concocting, present participle; concocted, past tense;
  1. Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients
    • - they concoct relish from corn that is so naturally sweet no extra sugar is needed
  2. Create or devise (said esp. of a story or plan)
    • - they concocted a preposterous but entertaining story
  1. make a concoction (of) by mixing
  2. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture"
  3. trump up: invent; "trump up charges"
  4. think up: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
  5. (concoction) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
  6. (concoction) an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
  7. (concoction) confection: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
  8. A concoction is, strictly speaking, a combination of various ingredients, usually herbs, spices, condiments, powdery substances or minerals, mixed up together, minced, dissolved or macerated into a liquid so as they can be ingested or drunk. ...
  9. to prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking; to contrive something using skill or ingenuity
  10. (concocted) invented, made up
  11. (concoction) Digestion (of food etc.); The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients; A mixture prepared in such a way; Something made-up, an invention
  12. (Concoction) Usually a derogatory term used to refer to a wine that seems to have many different components that are "thrown together" rather than integrating into one cohesive profile.
  13. (concoction) The combining of herbs to create a blend.