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  • 71cook — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cōc, from Latin coquus, from coquere to cook; akin to Old English āfigen fried, Greek pessein to cook Date: before 12th century 1. a person who prepares food for eating 2. a technical or… …

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  • 72cook — verb 1》 prepare (food) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.     ↘(of food) be heated so as to reach an edible state. 2》 informal alter dishonestly.     ↘(cook something up) concoct a clever or devious story, excuse, or plan. 3》 (be… …

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  • 73cook up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cook up : present tense I/you/we/they cook up he/she/it cooks up present participle cooking up past tense cooked up past participle cooked up informal to invent a story, excuse, or plan Between them they… …

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  • 74cook — See: SHORT ORDER COOK, WHAT S UP or WHAT S COOKING …

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  • 75cook — See: SHORT ORDER COOK, WHAT S UP or WHAT S COOKING …

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  • 76cook up — verb a) To manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie. He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster. b) To prepare a heroin dose by heating. Lemme cook up some eggs and bacon before you go …

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  • 77cook — 1. noun /kʊk/ a) A person who prepares food for a living. b) a cook Syn: chef, cordon bleu, sous chef 2. verb /kʊk/ a) To prepare ( …

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  • 78Cook — noun An English occupational surname for a cook, or a seller of cooked food …

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  • 79cook up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make up, concoct, falsify; see arrange 2 , invent 1 , 2 , plan 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Informal. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate,… …

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  • 80cook — See: short order cook, what s up or what s cooking …

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