- cooking, cookery, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
--1 is a kind of change of state
--1 has parts: tenderization, tenderisation; seasoning
--1 has particulars:baking; toasting, browning; broil, broiling, grilling; frying, sauteing; fusion cooking; braising; poaching; roasting; boiling, stewing, simmering; percolation; cuisine, culinary art Derived forms: verb cook1, verb cook2, verb cook3
- cook - prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
--1 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cook1, noun cooking1, noun cookery1
Somebody ----s
- cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
--2 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cook1, noun cooker1, noun cooking1, noun cookery1
The chefs cook the vegetables
- cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
--3 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cook1, noun cooking1, noun cookery1
The chefs cook the vegetables
- cook - transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun cooker1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent - fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
--5 is one way to cheat, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something