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uncook en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio

Etymology

From un- + cook.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To undo the act of cooking.
   • You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food. 2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 65:
2. (slang, transitive) To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.
   • If you "uncook" a file that isn't "cooked" you will just mess it up (and I don't know of any way to fix it then) - so uncooking should be used with caution (I'd suggest never over-writing the original file). 2000, Xorys, “Creating audio CD from mp3 files”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet):
   • Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's... 1999, y2kilroy, “New Freeware Utility to uncook mp3's!”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet):

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