cook - Definition & Meaning | VisualLang Dictionary

cook

to make food with heatto make food with heat

Examples

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.

Synonyms

fix make ready prepare

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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.

Synonyms:

fix make ready prepare

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.

Synonyms:

fudge wangle fake misrepresent falsify manipulate fabricate

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.