cook

cook
[[t]k'ʊk[/t]]
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cooks, cooking, cooked
1) VERB When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.

[V n] I have to go and cook the dinner...

Chefs at the St James Court restaurant have cooked for the Queen...

[V n n] We'll cook them a nice Italian meal.

Derived words:
cooking N-UNCOUNT

Her hobbies include music, dancing, sport and cooking.

2) V-ERG When you cook food, or when food cooks, it is heated until it is ready to be eaten.

[V n] ...some basic instructions on how to cook a turkey...

Let the vegetables cook gently for about 10 minutes...

[V-ed] Drain the pasta as soon as it is cooked.

3) N-COUNT A cook is a person whose job is to prepare and cook food, especially in someone's home or in an institution.

They had a butler, a cook, and a maid.

Syn:
4) N-COUNT: adj N If you say that someone is a good cook, you mean they are good at preparing and cooking food.
5) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone has cooked the books, you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people. [INFORMAL]
6) See also cooking
Phrasal Verbs:

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