cook
10 definitions found
cook - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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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.
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2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
peafowl.
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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.
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i.
To prepare food for the table.
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Cook \Cook\ (k[=oo]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.]
To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]
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Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The
Silkworms
(1599).
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.]
To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." --Grose.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
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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.
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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.]
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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.
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cook - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
cook
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"
cook - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
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).
cook - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Cook, MN (city, FIPS 13006)
Location: 47.85308 N, 92.68805 W
Population (1990): 680 (308 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55723
Cook, NE (village, FIPS 10390)
Location: 40.51031 N, 96.16123 W
Population (1990): 333 (171 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68329
Cook, WA
Zip code(s): 98605
cook - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
179 Moby Thesaurus words for "cook":
KO, abigail, adulterate, amah, au pair girl, ayah, bake, baker,
ball up, barbecue, baste, be in heat, betweenmaid, biddy, blanch,
blaze, bloom, boil, bollix, bollix up, braise, brew, broil, brown,
bugger, bugger up, burn, chafe, chambermaid, chaperon, chef,
chef de cuisine, chief cook, choke, coddle, combust, companion,
culinarian, culinary artist, curry, defeat, devil, dish, do,
do for, do in, do to perfection, doctor, duenna, electric-heat,
fake, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, fire, fire up, fix,
flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, foment, foul up,
fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fry cook, gas-heat, gasp,
gentlewoman, girl, glow, griddle, grill, gum up, handmaid,
handmaiden, hash up, heat, hired girl, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat,
hot-water-heat, housemaid, incandesce, juggle, kitchener,
kitchenmaid, knock out, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, live-in maid,
live-out maid, load, louse up, maid, maidservant, manipulate, melt,
mess up, muck up, mull, nursemaid, oven-bake, overheat, pack, pan,
pan-broil, pant, parboil, parch, parlormaid, pastry chef,
pastrycook, plant, play hell with, play hob with, poach, preheat,
prepare, prepare food, queer, radiate heat, recook, reheat,
retouch, rig, roast, salt, saute, scald, scallop, scorch, screw up,
scullery maid, scuttle, sear, seethe, servant girl, servitress,
settle, shimmer with heat, shirr, shoot down, short-order cook,
simmer, sink, smolder, smother, snafu, snarl up, sophisticate,
soubrette, spark, stack, steam, stew, stifle, stir-fry, stoke up,
suffocate, superheat, sweat, swelter, tamper with, tepefy, toast,
torpedo, tweeny, undo, upstairs maid, waiting maid, warm,
warm over, warm up, wench
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