cook
Third Person
cooks
Present Participle
cooking
Past Tense
cooked
Past Participle
cooked
1
to make food with heat
transitive
- I love to cook scrambled eggs with cheese for breakfast.
- My sister skillfully cooks a flavorful curry for dinner.
- The chef cooks a delicious meal in the restaurant.
- They cook pancakes on the stove.
- We should cook the chicken thoroughly before eating.
2
to prepare food for consumption
- She loves to cook in the evenings, trying out new recipes every week.
- He enjoys cooking because it allows him to experiment with flavors.
- She often cooks for her family, making sure the meals are both healthy and tasty.
- They cooked over an open fire while camping in the woods.
- After work, she likes to unwind by cooking.
3
to change the state of food by applying heat, making it safe and suitable to eat
transitive
- She cooked the rice for twenty minutes, turning it soft and fluffy.
- The recipe says to cook the eggs until the whites are firm and no longer runny.
- After cooking the pasta, she drained it and added a delicious sauce.
- The meat needs to be cooked thoroughly to make sure it's safe to eat.
- They cooked the potatoes by boiling them until they were soft enough to mash.
4
to manipulate or change something in a dishonest way to mislead or deceive
transitive
- The accountant was caught trying to cook the books to cover up the company’s financial losses.
- He cooked the numbers to make the project seem more profitable than it really was.
- She was accused of cooking the test results to make her performance look better.
- The politician was found to have cooked the statistics in order to sway public opinion.
- They attempted to cook the data to make their research appear more credible.
5
to perform exceptionally well or execute something skillfully
- She's really cooking on the basketball court today.
- He cooked that presentation and impressed the entire team.
- They cooked during the debate and won everyone over.
- He's cooking in the studio, dropping hit after hit.
- She cooked her performance at the recital last night.