Cook
61cook — I. /kʊk / (say kook) verb (t) 1. to prepare (food) by the action of heat, as by boiling, baking, roasting, etc. 2. to extract ingredients for and prepare (a recreational drug). 3. to subject (anything) to the action of heat. 4. Colloquial to… …
62Cook — This distinguished surname, with forty entries in the Dictionary of National Biography , and having no less than fifty Coats of Arms, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an occupational name for a cook, seller of cooked meats, or the keeper of an… …
63cook up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make …
64Cook — v. & n. v. 1 tr. prepare (food) by heating it. 2 intr. (of food) undergo cooking. 3 tr. colloq. falsify (accounts etc.); alter to produce a desired result. 4 tr. sl. ruin, spoil. 5 tr. (esp. as cooked adj.) Brit. sl. fatigue, exhaust. 6 tr. &… …
65cook — v. & n. v. 1 tr. prepare (food) by heating it. 2 intr. (of food) undergo cooking. 3 tr. colloq. falsify (accounts etc.); alter to produce a desired result. 4 tr. sl. ruin, spoil. 5 tr. (esp. as cooked adj.) Brit. sl. fatigue, exhaust. 6 tr. &… …
66cook — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
67cook — [OE] The noun cook is a lot more ancient than the verb, which in English was a 14thcentury development from the noun. The noun itself was borrowed in Old English times from Vulgar Latin cōcus, a descendant of classical Latin coquus. This is of… …
68cook — 1. verb 1) Scott cooked dinner Syn: prepare, make, put together; informal fix, rustle up 2) informal he s been cooking the books Syn: falsify, alter, doctor, tamper with, interfere with, massage …
69cook — [OE] The noun cook is a lot more ancient than the verb, which in English was a 14thcentury development from the noun. The noun itself was borrowed in Old English times from Vulgar Latin cōcus, a descendant of classical Latin coquus. This is of… …
70cook — 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. (Zo[ o]l.) The… …
