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cook definition

cook (ko̵ok)

noun

a person who prepares food for eating

Etymology: ME cok < OE coc < VL cocus < L coquus < coquere, to cook < IE base *pekw-, to cook > Gr peptein, Sans pácate, (he) cooks, OE afigen, fried

transitive verb

  1. to prepare (food) for eating by subjecting to heat, as by boiling, baking, frying, etc.
  2. to subject to heat or to some treatment suggestive of a heating process
  3. to tamper with; falsify
  4. Slang to spoil; ruin

Etymology: ME coken < the n.

intransitive verb

  1. to act or serve as a cook
  2. to undergo the process of being cooked
  3. Jazz to play, esp. to improvise, in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way
cook Idioms

cook up

Informal to concoct; devise; invent to cook up an alibi

what's cooking?

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Slang what's happening?
Cook1 definition

Cook (ko̵ok)

Cook, James 1728-79; Eng. naval officer & explorer: explored Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, etc.
Cook2 definition

Cook (ko̵ok)

mountain of the Southern Alps, New Zealand: highest peak in New Zealand: 12,349 ft (3,764 m)

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