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Verb (used with object)

to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
to subject (anything) to the application of heat.
Slang . to ruin; spoil.
Informal . to falsify, as accounts
to cook the expense figures.

Verb (used without object)

to prepare food by the use of heat.
(of food) to undergo cooking.
Slang .
to be full of activity and excitement
Las Vegas cooks around the clock.
to perform, work, or do in just the right way and with energy and enthusiasm
That new drummer is really cooking tonight. Now you're cooking!
to be in preparation; develop
Plans for the new factory have been cooking for several years.
to take place; occur; happen
What's cooking at the club?

Noun

a person who cooks
The restaurant hired a new cook.

Verb phrases

cook off, (of a shell or cartridge) to explode or fire without being triggered as a result of overheating in the chamber of the weapon.
cook up, Informal .
to concoct or contrive, often dishonestly
She hastily cooked up an excuse.
to falsify
Someone had obviously cooked up the alibi.

Idioms

cook one's goose. goose ( def. 11 ) .
cook the books, Slang . to manipulate the financial records of a company, organization, etc., so as to conceal profits, avoid taxes
or present a false financial report to stockholders.

Synonyms

noun
baker , chef , hash slinger , mess sergeant , servant , sous chef , chef (chief cook) , chef de cuisine , cuisinier , culinarian
verb
bake , barbecue , blanch , boil , braise , brew , broil , brown , burn , coddle , curry , decoct , deep fry , devil , doctor * , escallop , fix , french fry , fricassee , fry , griddle , grill , heat , imbue , melt , microwave , mull , nuke * , panfry , parboil , parch , percolate , poach , pressure-cook , reduce , roast , ruin * , saut , scald , scorch , sear , seethe , simmer , sizzle , spoil * , steam , steep , stew , toast , warm up , do , (colloq.) tamper with , baker , baste , chef , concoct , contrive , develop , dredge , falsify , garble , gratinate , happen , infuse , make , marinate , prepare , process , puree , servant
phrasal verb
concoct , contrive , devise , dream up , fabricate , formulate , hatch , make up , think up

Xem thêm các từ khác

  • Cook book

    a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking.
  • Cook house

    a building or place for cooking, esp. a camp kitchen.
  • Cook shop

    a place where prepared food is sold or served; restaurant.
  • Cook stove

    a wood- or coal-burning stove for use in cooking.
  • Cooked

    having been prepared for eating by the application of heat[ant: raw ]
  • Cooker

    an appliance or utensil for cooking, a person employed in certain industrial processes, as in brewing or distilling, to operate cooking apparatus., pressure...
  • Cookery

    the art or practice of cooking., a place equipped for cooking.
  • Cookery book

    a book containing recipes and instructions for cooking.
  • Cookie

    a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked., informal . dear; sweetheart...
  • Cooking

    the act of a person or thing that cooks., the art or practice of preparing food; cookery., used in preparing foods, fit to eat when cooked ( distinguished...
  • Cooky

    cookie., the cook on a ranch or at a camp[syn: cookie ], any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the british term)[syn: cookie ]
  • Cool

    moderately cold; neither warm nor cold, feeling comfortably or moderately cold, imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from...
  • Cool-headed

    not easily excited; calm., adjective, calm , collected , composed , detached , even , even-tempered , imperturbable , nonchalant , possessed , unflappable...
  • Coolant

    a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the...
  • Cooler

    a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool., anything that cools or makes cool; refrigerant., an air...
  • Coolie

    an unskilled laborer, esp. formerly in china and india., an unskilled laborer employed cheaply, esp. one brought from asia., informal . characteristic...
  • Cooling

    cool?er , cool?est, the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature, a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was overhead fans"[syn:...
  • Coolish

    moderately cold; neither warm nor cold, feeling comfortably or moderately cold, imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from...
  • Coolly

    moderately cold; neither warm nor cold, feeling comfortably or moderately cold, imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from...
  • Coolness

    moderately cold; neither warm nor cold, feeling comfortably or moderately cold, imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from...
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