cook (verb)
1cook — ► VERB 1) prepare (food or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the elements or ingredients. 2) (with reference to food) heat or be heated so as to reach an edible state. 3) informal alter dishonestly. 4) (cook up) informal concoct (a story …
2cook up — verb 1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients (Freq. 1) concoct a strange mixture • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) …
3cook — [kʊk] verb LAW ACCOUNTING cook the books informal to dishonestly change official records and figures: • The health authorities have been accused of cooking the books to give more acceptable waiting list figures. * * * cook …
4cook out — verb cook outdoors on a barbecue grill let s barbecue that meat We cooked out in the forest • Syn: ↑barbeque, ↑barbecue • Derivationally related forms: ↑cookout, ↑barbecue ( …
5cook — verb 1》 prepare (food) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients. ↘(of food) be heated so as to reach an edible state. 2》 informal alter dishonestly. ↘(cook something up) concoct a clever or devious story, excuse, or plan. 3》 (be… …
6cook up — verb a) To manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie. He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster. b) To prepare a heroin dose by heating. Lemme cook up some eggs and bacon before you go …
7cook off — verb a) To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing. b) As with above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates …
8cook the books — verb a) To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally. Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books. b) To falsify an account of an event …
9pressure-cook — verb cook in a pressure cooker • Topics: ↑cooking, ↑cookery, ↑preparation • Hypernyms: ↑cook • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s something …
10cook — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to prepare food for eating by using heat: Mmm! That s delicious! Where did you learn to cook like that? | cook dinner/supper/a meal etc: I m tired. Will you cook dinner today? | cook sth for sb: Sarah cooked lasagne for her… …
