noun
- Someone who cooks food.
- English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779.
- synonyms: James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook
verb
- Prepare a hot meal.
- usage: "My husband doesn't cook"
- Prepare for eating by applying heat.
- usage: "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
- Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.
- usage: "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
- Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
- usage: "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
- synonyms: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent
- Transform by heating.
- usage: "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
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