Cook (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Hypernyms

• Create From Raw Stuff

Related Words

• Cooking (noun)
• Cook (noun)
• Cookery (noun)

Meaning ²

Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Make
• Prepare
• Ready
• Fix

Hypernyms

• Create From Raw Stuff

Hyponyms

• Dress Out
• Cook Up
• Escallop
• Keep
• Whomp Up

Related Words

• Cooking (noun)
• Cook (noun)
• Cookery (noun)
• Cooker (noun)

Meaning ³

Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hyponyms

• Parboil
• Zap
• Micro-cook
• Nuke

Related Words

• Cooking (noun)
• Cook (noun)
• Cookery (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Fudge
• Misrepresent
• Fake
• Wangle
• Falsify
• Manipulate

Hypernyms

• Cheat
• Chisel

Hyponyms

• Juggle

Related Words

• Cook Up (verb)

Meaning ⁵

Transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Related Words

• Cooker (noun)