Cook | Mean of cook in English Dictionary

/ˈkʊk/

• Noun
• someone who prepares and cooks food for eating at home, in a restaurant, etc.
1. He's a good cook. [=he cooks well]
• Verb
• to prepare (food) for eating especially by using heat
1. Cook the onions over low/medium/high heat.
2. She cooked a great meal.
3. I'll cook dinner tonight.
4. The fish was cooked in a white wine sauce.
5. Carrots can be cooked, but they are often eaten raw.
6. a cooked chicken
7. Are the potatoes cooked through? [=done] = Are the potatoes fully/thoroughly cooked?
8. We're too busy to cook at home.
9. He enjoys cooking on the weekends.
• to go through the process of being cooked
1. The rice is still cooking, but it will be ready in 10 minutes.

• to happen or take place
1. What's cooking?
2. There's something cooking, but he won't say what.
• to be performing or doing something well
1. The economy is really cooking.
2. That's it! Now you're cooking!
• to make it certain that someone will fail, lose, etc.
1. They were already trailing, and that last goal really cooked their goose.
2. Their goose was cooked after that last goal.
• to dishonestly change official records of how much money was spent and received
1. They cooked the books to drive up the company's stock prices.
• to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly
1. I can cook up some hamburgers.
• to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation
1. They cooked up [=devised, hatched] a scheme to fool their neighbor.
2. You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.