Cook word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "cook" word
[noun] English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
[verb] transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
[verb] transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
[verb] prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
[verb] prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
[verb] fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
\Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] ``Cook me that ball.'' --Grose.
\Cook\ (k[oo^]k), n. [AS. c[=o]c, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. {Pumpkin}.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
\Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison.
\Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i. To prepare food for the table.
Synonyms for cook
Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, fake, falsify, fix, fudge, James Cook, make, manipulate, misrepresent, prepare, ready, wangle
See also: alter | bake | blanch | boil | braise | brown | change | change integrity | cheat | chef | chisel | coddle | concoct | cook | cook up | cook up | cookie | cooky | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | devil | fabricate | Fannie Farmer | Fannie Merritt Farmer | Farmer | fricassee | fry | fry cook | grill | invent | juggle | lard | make up | manufacture | micro-cook | microwave | navigator | nuke | overcook | parboil | poach | precook | preserver | pressure-cook | put on | roast | roaster | seasoner | skilled worker | souse | steam | stew | trained worker | whip up | whomp up | zap |
Related terms: barbecue, baste, blaze, brew, broil, companion, do to perfection, fire, frizz, handmaiden, kitchenmaid, knock out, pack, play hell with, servant girl, smolder, steam, tepefy, toast, torpedo, warm, warm up
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Let's analyse "cook" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: KOOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
cook: 6 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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