cook
noun
- 1
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
- 2
someone who cooks food
verb
- 1
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
- 2
transform by heating
The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
- 3
prepare for eating by applying heat
Cook me dinner, please
can you make me an omelette?
- 4
prepare a hot meal
My husband doesn't cook
- 5
tamper, with the purpose of deception
Fudge the figures
cook the books
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