 cook |
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| 1. | [ verb ] (food) prepare for eating by applying heat | |
| Synonyms: | prepare fix ready make | |
| Examples: | "Cook me dinner, please" "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
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| Related terms: | create_from_raw_material put_on preserve concoct precook devil whip_up lard make cooking | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) prepare a hot meal | |
| Examples: | "My husband doesn't cook" |
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| Related terms: | create_from_raw_material cooking | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (work,food) someone who cooks food | |
| Related terms: | skilled_worker cookie fannie_farmer preserver roaster seasoner fry_cook chef | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (food) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating | |
| Examples: | "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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| Related terms: | change_integrity bake roast boil brown fry grill poach pressure-cook fricassee overcook stew souse braise steam blanch microwave steam coddle | |
| 5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 56 | |
| 6. | [ verb ] transform by heating | |
| Examples: | "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (nautical,geography) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) | |
| Synonyms: | captain_james_cook james_cook captain_cook | |
| Related terms: | navigator | |
| 8. | [ verb ] fake or falsify | |
| Synonyms: | manipulate fake falsify wangle misrepresent fudge | |
| Examples: | "Fudge the figures" "cook the books" "falsify the data" |
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| Related terms: | cheat juggle fabricate fake imposter misrepresentation falsifier misrepresentaation falsification fakery | |
| Similar spelling: |
Cooks cooky cooke cookie cock Coco coke Cooksey Cocco Cocke cocky Cosio cocoa cohosh cox cos cog Cossio cozy cosh coss cosy cows coxa Coxe coca coax |
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