v. i. | 1. | To make the noise of the cuckoo. |
v. t. | 1. | To throw. |
n. | 1. | One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. |
2. | (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. | |
v. t. | 1. | To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. |
2. | To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; - often with up; | |
v. i. | 1. | To prepare food for the table. |
Noun | 1. | cook - someone who cooks food |
2. | Cook - English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) | |
Verb | 1. | cook - prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" |
2. | cook - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" | |
3. | cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" | |
4. | cook - transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle" | |
5. | cook - fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" |