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cook
(k/U/k )

noun (n)

  • someone who cooks food(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • prepare a hot meal(verb.creation)
    Example:
    My husband doesn't cook.
    source: wordnet30
  • prepare for eating by applying heat(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Cook me dinner, please.
    Synonym:
    fix, make, prepare, ready
    source: wordnet30
  • transform and make suitable for consumption by heating(verb.change)
    Example:
    These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes.
    source: wordnet30
  • tamper, with the purpose of deception(verb.social)
    Example:
    Cook the books.
    source: wordnet30
  • transform by heating(verb.change)
    Example:
    The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle.
    source: wordnet30
  • To make the noise of the cuckoo.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To throw.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To prepare food for the table.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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