cook
someone who cooks food (Freq. 7) • Hypernyms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman • Hyponyms: chef, cookie, cooky, fry cook, preserver, roaster, seasoner • Instance Hyponyms: Farmer, Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer
1. prepare a hot meal (Freq. 9) - My husband doesn't cook • Derivationally related forms: cooking, cookery • Topics: cooking, cookery, preparation • Hypernyms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 2. prepare for eating by applying heat (Freq. 9) - Cook me dinner, please - can you make me an omelette? - fix breakfast for the guests, please • Syn: fix, ready, make, prepare • Derivationally related forms: preparation (for: prepare), cooker, cooking, cookery • Hypernyms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff • Hyponyms: preserve, keep, dress, dress out, deglaze, scallop, escallop, flambe, put on, devil, precook, whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard • Verb Group: make • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - The chefs cook the vegetables 3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating (Freq. 6) - These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes • Derivationally related forms: cooking, cookery • Hypernyms: change integrity • Hyponyms: bake, brown, coddle, souse, microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke, blanch, parboil, overcook, fricassee, stew, roast, braise, fry, grill, steam, pressure-cook, poach • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s something - The chefs cook the vegetables 4. tamper, with the purpose of deception - Fudge the figures - cook the books - falsify the data • Syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent • See Also: cook up • Derivationally related forms: misrepresentation (for: misrepresent), wangle (for: wangle), wangler (for: wangle), falsification (for: falsify), falsity (for: falsify), falsifier (for: falsify), fake (for: fake), faker (for: fake), fakery (for: fake) • Hypernyms: cheat, chisel • Hyponyms: juggle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s (for: manipulate) - Somebody ----s (for: fudge) 5. transform by heating - The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle • Derivationally related forms: cooker • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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