Cook meaning

What does “cook” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“cook” is a noun and verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: someone who cooks food.

cook

someone who cooks food
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
SynonymsJames Cook Captain Cook Captain James Cook

prepare a hot meal
“My husband doesn't cook”
prepare for eating by applying heat
“Cook me dinner, please”
“can you make me an omelette?”
Synonymsfix ready make prepare
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
“These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes”
tamper, with the purpose of deception
“Fudge the figures”
“cook the books”
Synonymsfudge manipulate fake falsify wangle misrepresent
transform by heating
“The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University