cook

nouns

someone who cooks food

cook

is a type of (narrower)

a worker who has acquired special skills

skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

verbs

prepare a hot meal

"My husband doesn't cook"

cook

is derived from

cooking

is derived from

cookery

entails

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

cook

domain category

the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

"cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

cookery, cooking, preparation

is a type of (narrower)

make from scratch

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"

cook, fix, make, prepare, ready

is derived from

cooker

is derived from

cooking

is derived from

cookery

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

cook

is derived from

cooking

is derived from

cookery

verb group

transform by heating

"The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

cook

is a type of (narrower)

change in physical make-up

change integrity

tamper, with the purpose of deception

"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

see also

cook up

transform by heating

"The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

cook

is derived from

cooker

verb group

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

cook

is a type of (narrower)

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

alter, change, modify