cook

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cook

1	v n	transform by heating someone who cooks food
2	v	tamper, with the purpose of deception

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cook

“The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle”

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

“These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes”

Types:: show 31 types...; hide 31 types...; bake
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; brown
fry in a pan until it changes color; coddle
cook in nearly boiling water; souse
cook in a marinade; micro-cook, microwave, nuke, zap
cook or heat in a microwave oven; blanch, parboil
cook (vegetables) briefly; overcook
cook too long; fricassee
make a fricassee of by cooking; stew
cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; roast
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; braise
cook in liquid; fry
cook on a hot surface using fat; grill
cook over a grill; steam
cook something by letting steam pass over it; pressure-cook
cook in a pressure cooker; poach
cook in a simmering liquid; ovenbake
bake in an oven; fire
bake in a kiln so as to harden; shirr
bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; jug
stew in an earthenware jug; barbecue, barbeque, cook out
cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; pan roast
roast in a pan; frizzle
fry something until it curls and becomes crisp; deep-fat-fry
fry in deep fat; griddle
cook on a griddle; pan-fry
fry in a pan; deep-fry, french-fry
cook by immersing in fat; stir fry
fry very quickly over high heat; saute
fry briefly over high heat; hibachi
cook over a hibachi grill; broil, oven broil
cook under a broiler

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; keep, preserve
prevent (food) from rotting; dress, dress out
kill and prepare for market or consumption; deglaze
dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring; escallop, scallop
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top; flambe
pour liquor over and ignite (a dish); put on
put on the stove or ready for cooking; devil
coat or stuff with a spicy paste; precook
cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; whip up, whomp up
prepare or cook quickly or hastily; concoct, cook up
prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; lard
prepare or cook with lard; freeze-dry
preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; conserve
preserve with sugar; dehydrate, desiccate
preserve by removing all water and liquids from; pickle
preserve in a pickling liquid; salt
preserve with salt; can, put up, tin
preserve in a can or tin; refrigerate
preserve by chilling; cure
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; corn
preserve with salt

“My husband doesn't cook”

Examples:: Fannie Merritt Farmer
an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; chef
a professional cook; cookie, cooky
the cook on a ranch or at a camp; fry cook
a cook who specializes in fried foods; preserver
a cook who preserves fruits or meat; roaster
a cook who roasts food; seasoner
a cook who uses seasonings; baster
a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy; cordon bleu
a chef famous for his great skill; pastry cook
a chef who specializes in pastry; salter
someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods

Type of:: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
a worker who has acquired special skills

“cook the books”

Type of:: cheat, chisel
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

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