Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To cook (something) in a microwave oven.

    but see in der Mikrowelle aufwärmen

    гото́вить в микроволно́вой печи́gotóvitʹ v mikrovolnóvoj pečí

    cook or heat in a microwave oven

  2. (slang, transitive)To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.

Examples

160 sentences
  1. I don't have a microwave oven.

    У мене немає мікрохвильової пічки. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет микроволновки. — marafon

  2. Please put this in the microwave oven.

    Будь ласка, постав це до мікрохвильової печі. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, поставьте это в микроволновку. — Balamax

    deStellen Sie das bitte in die Mikrowelle. — Fingerhut

  3. Tom doesn't have a microwave oven.

    ruУ Тома нет микроволновой печи. — Lenin_1917

  4. How long should I microwave this?

    ruНа сколько микроволновку ставить? — marafon

    deWie lange muss das in die Mikrowelle? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How long did you microwave it?

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cook in a microwave oven:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cook in a microwave oven:

Origin

From micro- + wave.

From micro- + wave.

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Forms

microwaves, microwaving, microwaved, microwaved
Base formmicrowave · to microwave
3rd person singularmicrowaves
Present participlemicrowaving
Past simplemicrowaved
Past participlemicrowaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymicrowave
he, she, itmicrowaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsmicrowaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave microwaved
he, she, ithas microwaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill microwave

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cook or heat in a microwave oven:micro-cookzapnuke

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • microwave oven
  • a microwave oven
  • in the microwave
  • has a microwave

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
microwave — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto