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| cook [ kk ] |
verb (past and past participle cooked, present participle cook·ing, 3rd person present singular cooks) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb prepare food: to prepare food for a meal
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2. intransitive verb make or become hot: to make food safe and appetizing by heating it, or undergo heating in order to become ready to eat
  The onions have been cooking for a while.
Cook the beef until it is tender.
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3. intransitive verb happen: to be happening or developing
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informal
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I had the feeling that something was cooking.
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4. intransitive verb be uncomfortable in heat: to feel extreme discomfort in hot conditions
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informal
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cooking in an overcrowded bus
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5. transitive verb change something in order to deceive: to alter or tamper with information or evidence fraudulently
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slang
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accountants who had cooked the books
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6. intransitive verb work well: to be working or performing superbly
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slang
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It only took a couple of songs before the band was really cooking.
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7. transitive verb heat illegal drug: to heat an illegal drug such as heroin
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slang
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8. transitive verb show to be wrong: to show that a presented problem is wrong, especially because it has more than one solution
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noun (plural cooks) |
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somebody who prepares food: somebody who prepares and cooks food, usually as a job or in a particular way
an excellent cook
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| [Pre-12th century. Via assumed Vulgar Latin cocus "cook" < Latin coquus< coquere "to cook"] |
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| cook·a·ble adjective |
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too many cooks (in the kitchen) spoil the broth the help or involvement of too many people can do more harm than good
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