English dictionary

cook

/k/U/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

someone who cooks food

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

noun.person

Synonyms captain cook captain james cook james cook

Source: WordNet 3.0
One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

noun

Source: webster1913

prepare a hot meal

verb.creation

Examples
My husband doesn't cook.

Source: WordNet 3.0
prepare for eating by applying heat

verb.creation

Examples
Cook me dinner, please.

Synonyms fix make prepare ready

Source: WordNet 3.0
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

verb.change

Examples
These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes.

Source: WordNet 3.0
tamper, with the purpose of deception

verb.social

Examples
Cook the books.

Synonyms fake falsify fudge manipulate misrepresent wangle

Source: WordNet 3.0
transform by heating

verb.change

Examples
The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make the noise of the cuckoo.

verb

Source: webster1913
To throw.

verb

Source: webster1913
To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

verb

Source: webster1913
To prepare food for the table.

verb

Source: webster1913