cook

Noun

• English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

• someone who cooks food

Verb

• transform by heating
  • The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
    

• tamper, with the purpose of deception
  • Fudge the figures
    
  • cook the books
    
  • falsify the data
    

• transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
  • These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
    

• prepare for eating by applying heat
  • Cook me dinner, please
    
  • can you make me an omelette?
    
  • fix breakfast for the guests, please
    

• prepare a hot meal
  • My husband doesn't cook
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Cook , James Cook , Captain Cook , Captain James Cook , fudge , manipulate , fake , falsify , wangle , misrepresent , fix , ready , make , prepare