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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