cook
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)cooks, cooked, cooking
- prepare a hot meal“My husband doesn't cook”More general create from raw material, create from raw stuff
- prepare for eating by applying heat“Cook me dinner, please”“can you make me an omelette?”“fix breakfast for the guests, please”Synonyms: fixreadymakeprepareMore general create from raw material, create from raw stuffMore specific put on, concoct, dress, preserve, whip up, precook, devil, flambe, lard, deglaze +1 moreSimilar make
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating“These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes”More general change integrityMore specific bake, roast, grill, fry, brown, poach, coddle, blanch, microwave, fricassee +6 more
- tamper, with the purpose of deception“Fudge the figures”“cook the books”“falsify the data”Synonyms: fudgemanipulatefakefalsifywanglemisrepresentMore general cheat, chiselMore specific juggle
- transform by heating“The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle”More general change, alter
Noun (2)cooks
- someone who cooks foodType of skilled worker, trained workerKinds preserver, roaster, seasoner, fry cook, chef, cookieExamples Farmer, Fannie Farmer
- English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)Synonyms: James CookCaptain CookCaptain James CookInstance of navigator
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Translations
Verb to prepare food for eating
- Spanish
- cocinar
- French
- cuisiner
- German
- kochen
- Italian
- cucinare
- Portuguese
- cozinhar
- Turkish
- pişirmek
- Russian
- гото́вить gotóvitʹ
- Arabic
- طَبَخَ ṭabaḵa
- Chinese
- 做饭 zuòfàn
- Japanese
- 料理する ryōri suru
36 more languages
- Dutch
- koken
- Polish
- gotować
- Swedish
- laga mat
- Greek
- μαγειρεύω mageirévo
- Korean
- 요리하다 yorihada
- Indonesian
- memasak
- Vietnamese
- nấu
- Hungarian
- főz
- Portuguese (PT)
- cozinhar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 做菜 zuòcài
- Albanian
- gatuaj
- Breton
- keginañ
- Catalan
- cuinar
- Corsican
- cucinà
- Czech
- vařit
- Danish
- lave mad
- Esperanto
- kuiri
- Estonian
- süüa tegema
- Finnish
- laittaa ruokaa
- Georgian
- საჭმლის მომზადება sač̣mlis momzadeba
- Hebrew
- בישל bishél
- Icelandic
- elda
- Kurdish
- pijandin
- Latvian
- gatavot
- Lithuanian
- virti
- Malagasy
- mahandro
- Norwegian
- lage mat
- Romanian
- găti
- Scottish Gaelic
- bruich
- Serbo-Croatian
- kuhati
- Slovak
- variť
- Slovenian
- kuhati
- Swahili
- pika
- Walloon
- fé a magnî
- Welsh
- coginio
- Yiddish
- קאָכן kokhn
Noun person who prepares food
- Spanish
- cocinero
- French
- cuisinier
- German
- Koch
- Italian
- cuoco
- Portuguese
- cozinheiro
- Turkish
- aşçı
- Russian
- по́вар póvar
- Arabic
- طَبَّاخ ṭabbāḵ
- Chinese
- 厨师 chúshī
- Japanese
- コック kokku
36 more languages
- Dutch
- kok
- Polish
- kucharz
- Swedish
- kock
- Greek
- μάγειρας mágeiras
- Korean
- 요리사 yorisa
- Indonesian
- juru masak
- Vietnamese
- đầu bếp
- Hungarian
- szakács
- Portuguese (PT)
- cozinheiro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 廚師 chúshī
- Albanian
- kuzhinier
- Breton
- kog
- Catalan
- cuiner
- Corsican
- cucinaru
- Czech
- kuchař
- Danish
- kok
- Esperanto
- kuiristo
- Estonian
- kokk
- Finnish
- kokki
- Georgian
- მზარეული mzareuli
- Hebrew
- טַבָּח tabakh
- Icelandic
- kokkur
- Kurdish
- aşpêj
- Latvian
- pavārs
- Lithuanian
- virėjas
- Malagasy
- mpahandro
- Norwegian
- kokk
- Romanian
- bucătar
- Scottish Gaelic
- còcaire
- Serbo-Croatian
- kuhar
- Slovak
- kuchár
- Slovenian
- kuhar
- Swahili
- mpishi
- Walloon
- coujhnî
- Welsh
- cogydd
- Yiddish
- קוכער kukher
Verb to be cooked
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Of imitative origin.
To make the noise of the cuckoo. obsolete or rare
Constant cuckoos cook on every side.— The; described in verse by T. M. Silkworms and their Flies
Origin: Etymol. unknown.
To throw. Prov.Eng. “Cook me that ball.” Francis Grose
Origin: AS. cōc, fr. L. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. πέπτειν, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.
1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
2. Zoology A fish, the European striped wrasse.
1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; — often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. colloquial
They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different.— Joseph Addison
To prepare food for the table.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54