cook

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

cooks

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

cook

past (v2)

cooked

past participle (v3)

cooked

present participle

cooking

3rd person singular

cooks

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person who prepares food.

   • I'm a terrible cook, so I eat a lot of frozen dinners.

2. 2.The degree or quality of cookedness of food.

   • I don't know how to cook.
   • She seems to be a good cook.
   • My brother became a cook.

3. 3.The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.

   • I don't know how to cook.
   • She seems to be a good cook.
   • My brother became a cook.

4. 4.The head cook of a manor house.

   • I don't know how to cook.
   • She seems to be a good cook.
   • My brother became a cook.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.

   • I'm cooking bangers and mash.
   • He's in the kitchen, cooking.

2. 2.To apply heat to food in the course of preparing it, particularly in a way that transforms it rather than simply making it warmer.

3. 3.To be uncomfortably hot.

   • Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.

4. 4.To undergo cooking.

   • The dinner is cooking on the stove.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

• cookie
• cooking
• ok