'Cook' definitions:

Definition of 'cook'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who cooks food
noun
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]
verb
Prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
verb
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]
verb
Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
verb
Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]
verb
Transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

Definition of 'Cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Cook \Cook\ (k[=oo]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The Silkworms (1599). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." --Grose. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), n. [AS. c[=o]c, fr. L. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pe`ptein, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.]
  • 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (k[oo^]kt); p. pr & vb. n. Cooking.]
  • 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i. To prepare food for the table. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cook'

From: GCIDE
  • Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See Cock the bird.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock (Pavo muticus) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. [1913 Webster]
  • Peacock butterfly (Zool.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
  • Peacock fish (Zool.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
  • Peacock pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cook'

From: Easton
  • Cook a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals, as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23). No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).

Synonyms of 'cook'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Cook, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cook, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
322
Housing Units (2000) :
175
Land area (2000) :
0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
FIPS code :
10390
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.510526 N, 96.161506 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68329
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Cook, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cook, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
622
Housing Units (2000) :
302
Land area (2000) :
0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
FIPS code :
13006
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
47.852989 N, 92.686755 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
55723
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Cook -- U.S. County in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cook -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000) :
5376741
Housing Units (2000) :
2096121
Land area (2000) :
945.680365 sq. miles (2449.300798 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
689.360841 sq. miles (1785.436307 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1635.041206 sq. miles (4234.737105 sq. km)
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
41.837649 N, 87.767817 W

Cook -- U.S. County in Minnesota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cook -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
5168
Housing Units (2000) :
4708
Land area (2000) :
1450.604787 sq. miles (3757.048990 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1889.112522 sq. miles (4892.778762 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3339.717309 sq. miles (8649.827752 sq. km)
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
47.856408 N, 90.497890 W

Cook -- U.S. County in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cook -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000) :
15771
Housing Units (2000) :
6558
Land area (2000) :
229.018029 sq. miles (593.153947 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
4.203139 sq. miles (10.886080 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
233.221168 sq. miles (604.040027 sq. km)
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
31.154793 N, 83.429366 W

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