cook meaning and definition

COOK noun

Definition of cook (noun)

1. someone who cooks food
2. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
   • synonyms: Captain Cook, Captain James Cook, James Cook

COOK verb

Definition of cook (verb)

1. prepare a hot meal
   • "My husband doesn't cook"
2. prepare for eating by applying heat
   • "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
   • synonyms: fix, make, prepare, ready
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   • "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
4. tamper, with the purpose of deception
   • "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
   • synonyms: fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle
5. transform by heating
   • "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"