Cook - Definition

n 1: someone who cooks food
2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for
Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
[syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James
Cook]
v 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" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
prepare]
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" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]
5: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
mixture in a big iron kettle"