cook (n.)

  1. someone who cooks food

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

    [ Syn: cook , james cook , captain cook , captain james cook ]

    cook (v.)

  1. prepare a hot meal; My husband doesn't cook'

  2. prepare for eating by applying heat; Cook me dinner, please; can you make me an omelette?; fix breakfast for the guests, please

    [ Syn: fix , ready , make , prepare ]

  3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes'

  4. tamper, with the purpose of deception; Fudge the figures; cook the books; falsify the data

    [ Syn: fudge , manipulate , fake , falsify , wangle , misrepresent ]

  5. transform by heating; The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle'

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