1 to prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking or frying it:
[V] Where did you learn to cook? * [VN] What's the best way to cook trout? * Who's going to cook supper? * Add the onion and cook for three minutes. * [VNN, VN] He cooked me lunch. * He cooked lunch for me.
2 [V] (of food) to be prepared by boiling, baking, frying, etc:
While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce.
3 [V] (be cooking) (informal) to be planned secretly:
Everyone is being very secretive-there's something cooking.
IDIOMS
be cooking with gas (AmE, informal) to be doing sth very well and successfully
cook the books (informal) to change facts or figures dishonestly or illegally:
His accountant had been cooking the books for years.
cook sb's goose (informal) to ruin sb's chances of success
PHRASALVERBS
cook sth<->up (informal) to invent sth, especially in order to deceive sb
SYNCONCOCT:
to cook up a story
noun a person who cooks food or whose job is cooking:
John is a very good cook (= he cooks well). * Who was the cook (= who cooked the food)? * She was employed as a cook in a hotel.
compareCHEF
IDIOMS
too many cooks spoil the broth (saying) if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done well
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for cook is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is cook a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cook is tagged as verb.
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