cook
/kʊk/
verb
- To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking, or frying.
- She learned to cook pasta from her grandmother.
- I need to cook dinner before the guests arrive.
- He cooked the chicken in the oven for an hour.
- To be heated or processed in a particular way while being prepared as food.
- The soup needs to cook slowly to bring out the flavors.
- Let the vegetables cook for ten minutes until they are soft.
- The rice is cooking on the stove right now.
- To falsify or alter something, especially financial records or data, to make it seem better than it is.
- They tried to cook the numbers to show a profit.
- The company fired him for cooking the sales figures.
- The accountant was caught cooking the books to hide losses.
noun
- A person who prepares food for eating.
- My dad is a great cook and makes amazing pancakes.
- The restaurant hired a new cook from Italy.
- She works as a cook in a busy school cafeteria.
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