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Meaning of 'cook' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cook [ n.]
- One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
- A fish, the European striped wrasse.
2 . Cook [ v. i.]
- To make the noise of the cuckoo.
- To prepare food for the table.
3 . Cook [ v. t.]
- To throw.
- To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
- To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.

Meaning of 'cook' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cook [ v]
Meaning (1):
- prepare for eating by applying heat
Example in sentence:
  • can you make me an omelette?;
  • Cook me dinner, please;
  • fix breakfast for the guests, please
Meaning (2):
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
Example in sentence:
  • cook the books;
  • falsify the data;
  • Fudge the figures
Meaning (3):
- prepare a hot meal
Example in sentence:
  • My husband doesn't cook
Meaning (4):
- transform by heating
Example in sentence:
  • The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
Meaning (5):
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
Example in sentence:
  • These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes

Nearby Words:

coo cooed cooee cooey cooing cookbook cooked cookee cookery cookey

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