cooking Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
   preparation; cookery.
   
   • cooking can be a great art
   • people are needed who have experience in cookery
   • he left the preparation of meals to his wife
2. verb prepare a hot meal
   cook.
   
   • My husband doesn't cook
3. verb prepare for eating by applying heat
   cook; ready; fix; make; prepare.
   
   • Cook me dinner, please
   • can you make me an omelette?
   • fix breakfast for the guests, please
4. verb transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   cook.
   
   • These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
5. verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
   wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; falsify; manipulate.
   
   • Fudge the figures
   • cook the books
   • falsify the data
6. verb transform by heating
   cook.
   
   • The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle

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