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Cook

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Noun

1. cook

someone who cooks food

2. captain cook, captain james cook, cook, james cook

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Verb

3. cook

prepare a hot meal

Example Sentences:
'My husband doesn't cook'

4. cook, fix, make, prepare, ready

prepare for eating by applying heat

Example Sentences:
'Cook me dinner, please'
'can you make me an omelette?'
'fix breakfast for the guests, please'

5. cook

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

Example Sentences:
'These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes'

6. cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

tamper, with the purpose of deception

Example Sentences:
'Fudge the figures'
'cook the books'
'falsify the data'

7. cook

transform by heating

Example Sentences:
'The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cook

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verb
1. 
to prepare (food) by the action of heat, as by boiling, baking, etc, or (of food) to become ready for eating through such a process
▶ Related adjective: culinary
2. 
to subject or be subjected to the action of intense heat
the town cooked in the sun
3. (transitive) slang
to alter or falsify (something, esp figures, accounts, etc)
to cook the books
4. (transitive) slang
to spoil or ruin (something)
5. (intransitive) slang
to happen (esp in the phrase what's cooking?)
6. (transitive) slang
to prepare (any of several drugs) by heating
7. (intransitive) music slang
to play vigorously
the band was cooking
8.  cook someone's goose
noun
9. 
a person who prepares food for eating, esp as an occupation
noun
Mount Cook
1.  Aoraki-Mount Cook
2. 
a mountain in SE Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4194 m (13 760 ft)
noun
1. 
Alastair (Nathan). born 1984, English cricketer: first English batsman to score more than 10,000 runs in test matches
2. 
Captain James. 1728–79, British navigator and explorer: claimed the E coast of Australia for Britain, circumnavigated New Zealand, and discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands (1768–79)
3. 
Sir Joseph. 1860–1947, Australian statesman, born in England: prime minister of Australia (1913–14)
4. 
Peter (Edward). 1937–95, British comedy actor and writer, noted esp for his partnership (1960–73) with Dudley Moore
5. 
Robin, full name Robert Finlayson Cook. 1946–2005, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (1997–2001), Leader of the House (2001-2003)
6. 
Thomas. 1808–92, British travel agent; innovator of conducted excursions and founder of the travel agents Thomas Cook and Son
7. 
Norman, real name Quentin Cook, also known as Fatboy Slim. born 1963, British disc jockey, pop musician, and record producer; hit records include You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) and "Praise You" (2001)

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Cook

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James1728-79; Eng. naval officer & explorer: explored Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, etc.
Mountmountain of the Southern Alps, New Zealand: highest peak in New Zealand: 12,349 ft (3,764 m)
noun
1. 
a person who prepares food for eating
verb transitive
2. 
to prepare (food) for eating by subjecting to heat, as by boiling, baking, frying, etc.
3. 
to subject to heat or to some treatment suggestive of a heating process
4. 
to tamper with; falsify
5.  Slang
to spoil; ruin
verb intransitive
6. 
to act or serve as a cook
7. 
to undergo the process of being cooked
8.  Jazz
to play, esp. to improvise, in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cook

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v. cooked, cook·ing, cooks
v.tr.
1. To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
2. To prepare or treat by heating: slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.
3. Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor: disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.
v.intr.
1. To prepare food for eating by applying heat.
2. To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.
3. Slang To happen, develop, or take place: What's cooking in town?
4. Slang To proceed or perform very well: The band really got cooking after midnight.
n.
A person who prepares food for eating.
American physician and explorer who achieved fame for his now discredited claims of reaching Mt. McKinley's summit in 1906 and the North Pole in 1908.
The highest mountain, 3,754 m (12,316 ft), of New Zealand, on South Island in the Southern Alps.
British navigator and explorer who commanded three major exploratory voyages, charting and naming many islands of the Pacific Ocean. He also sailed along the coast of North America as far north as the Bering Strait.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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