chef up
chef up · chefs up · cheffed up · cheffing up
To prepare a mealTo prepare a meal.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To prepare a meal.
(transitive)To make a dish using advanced culinary techniques and unusual ingredients or combinations of ingredients; to add such techniques and ingredients to a classic dish.
(Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To attack with a knife.
Forms
chefs up, cheffing up, cheffed up, cheffed up| Base form | chef up · to chef up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chefs up |
| Present participle | cheffing up |
| Past simple | cheffed up |
| Past participle | cheffed up |
irregular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcheffed-up
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb