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cook 1, verb (oh)



[I and T] to prepare food for eating by using heat
::Where did you learn to cook?
::Cook the sauce over a low heat for 10 minutes.
cook a meal/dinner/breakfast etc
::I'm usually too tired to cook an evening meal.
cook sth for supper/lunch/dinner etc
::He was cooking rice for supper.
cook sb sth
::She cooked them all a good dinner every night.
cook (sth) for sb
::I promised I'd cook for them.
::slices of cooked ham
::a cooked breakfast
[I] to be prepared for eating by using heat
::He could smell something delicious cooking.
::Hamburgers were cooking in the kitchen.
cook the books
to dishonestly change official records and figures in order to steal money or give people false information
::The Government was cooking the books and misleading the public over unemployment.
be cooking
informal to be being planned in a secret way
::They've got something cooking, and I don't think I like it.
be cooking (with gas)
spoken used to say that someone is doing something very well
::The band's really cooking tonight.
cook up [cook sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to prepare food, especially quickly
::Every night he cooked up a big casserole.
informal to invent an excuse, reason, plan etc, especially one that is slightly dishonest or unlikely to work
::the plan that Graham and Dempster had cooked up
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WORD FOCUS: words meaning cook
fry (=in oil)
boil (=in hot water)
bake (=bread and cakes in an oven)
roast (=meat or vegetables in an oven)
microwave (=using a microwave oven)
grill/broil (AmE) (=using a grill)
steam, toast, simmer, poach, barbecue, stir-fry, saute, chargrill
raw (=not cooked)
rare (=used about meat that has been cooked for a short time)
well-done (=used about meat that has been cooked for a long time)
See also: cookbook, recipe, culinary