noun

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