Cook

Word COOK
Character 4
Hyphenation cook
Pronunciations /kuːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Cook"

What do we mean by cook?

To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat. intransitive verb

To prepare or treat by heating. intransitive verb

To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor. intransitive verb

To prepare food for eating by applying heat. intransitive verb

To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion. intransitive verb

To happen, develop, or take place. intransitive verb

To proceed or perform very well. intransitive verb

A person who prepares food for eating. noun

To fabricate; concoct. phrasal verb

(cook (one's) goose) To ruin one's chances. idiom

One whose occupation is the cooking of food. noun

To make fit for eating by the action of heat, as in boiling, stewing, roasting, baking, etc.; especially, to prepare in an appetizing way, as meats or vegetables, by various combinations of materials and flavoring.

Hence In general, to subject to the action of heat.

To dress up, alter, color, concoct, or falsely invent (a narrative, statement, excuse, etc.), for some special purpose, as that of making a more favorable impression than the facts of the case warrant; falsify: often followed by up: as, to cook up a story.

To disappoint; punish. Brockett. Prov. Eng.—To cook one's goose, to kill or ruin one; spoil ones plan; do for one.

To prepare food for eating; act as cook.

To make the noise uttered by the cuckoo.

In tobacco manufacturing, to overheat (tobacco) in the process of sweating in bulk, depriving it of the power of heating up again. This happens when the temperature is kept long at 65° F. or raised still higher.

Same as cook-fish. noun

Same as cuck.

A person who prepares food.

The head cook of a manor house

The degree or quality of cookedness of food

One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cook

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The word "cook" in example sentences

How kin a pusson cook out yet -- not to say, _cook_? " ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

Sylvie wondered whether the phrase cook past the point of edible figured prominently in the one for turkey. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2010)

When all the ladies who lunch end up at a dude ranch in Reno for six weeks so they can qualify as Nevada residents and get quick divorces, their cook is a tough old cowgirl (played by Marjorie Main, who went on to star in the lucrative “Ma and Pa Kettle” comedies about a clan of hicks) who thinks the ultrafeminine New York women are silly and spoiled. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I hate to keep delaying it but coming up you're going to see this vehicle have what they call a cook off, which is where some of the munitions inside the vehicle - here it is. ❋ Unknown (2003)

If the men are working hard on the claim, the cook is also expected to find his own wood and water. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Add the remaining garlic and again cook until golden, about 1 minute. ❋ Laura (2009)

A spear which takes care of the knife and hunting aspects at once, a large stainless pot to boil water in cook with and could also be used as a signaling device, and rope to navigate the landscape and make traps with. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The total time to prepare and cook is 30 minutes, and it got rave reviews from my sister, Liz. ❋ Meg Wolff (2010)

Let the loin cook in one spot for a while before turning, and turn only once. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That story says to me that the Catholic God, whom the cook is so wary of, not only disapproves of the activities of the Sodomites but also of nostalgia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On May 2nd 2009, elizabeth wrote: well im not a fan of lady gaga but david cook is good too me ❋ Unknown (2009)

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