concoct

«concoct» in Mova's school dictionary: To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (concoct, concocts, concocted, concocting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one. tree →

2) To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a clever or sly person makes up a plot, or a witch mixes a potion

examples

• The witch concocted a potion in her pot. tree →
• Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals. tree →
• They concocted a silly excuse for being late. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «concoct» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.