Definitions for Cook
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cooknoun

   someone who cooks food

2. Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cookverb

   English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

3. cookverb

   prepare a hot meal

   "My husband doesn't cook"

4. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

5. cookverb

   transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

   "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

6. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

   "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

7. cookverb

   transform by heating

   "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cooknoun

   An English surname.

2. Etymology: From coken, from * (compare gecocsian, gecocnian), from kokōnan, from coquo, from pekʷ-. Cognate with koken, kochen, koka, afigen.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COOKnoun

   One whose profession is to dress and prepare victuals for the table.

   Etymology: coquus, Latin.

   One mistress Quickly, which is in the manner of his nurse, or his dry-nurse, or his cook, or his laundry, his washer, and his wringer. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   The new-born babe, by nurses overlaid,
   And the cook caught within the raging fire he made. Dryden.

   Their cooks could make artificial birds and fishes, in default of the real ones, and which exceeded them in the exquisiteness of the taste. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

2. To Cookverb

   Etymology: coquo, Latin.

   1. To prepare victuals for the table.

   Who can but think, that had either of the crimes been cooked to their palates, they might have changed messes. Decay of Piety.

   2. To prepare for any purpose.

   Hanging is the word, Sir; if you be ready for that, you are well cookt. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cook

   A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption, usually following a specific recipe or culinary techniques. This may be done either professionally in restaurants and other food establishments or at home for personal enjoyment or sustenance. The tasks of a cook can range from selecting and shopping for ingredients, planning menus, to actual food preparation which involves chopping, mixing, heating, baking, grilling and plating.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cookverb

   to make the noise of the cuckoo

2. Cookverb

   to throw

3. Cooknoun

   one whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating

4. Cooknoun

   a fish, the European striped wrasse

5. Cookverb

   to prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat

6. Cookverb

   to concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account

7. Cookverb

   to prepare food for the table

8. Etymology: [Of imitative origin.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cook

   A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this profession requires government approval. A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although in the professional kitchen, the terms are not interchangeable.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cook

   kook, v.t. to prepare food: to manipulate for any purpose, or falsify, as accounts, &c.: to concoct.—n. one whose business is to cook.—ns. Cook′ery, the art or practice of cooking; Cook′ery-book, a book of receipts for cooking dishes.—n.pl. Cook′ing-app′les, &c., apples, &c., sold specially for cooking.—ns. Cook′ing-range, a stove adapted for cooking several things at once; Cook′-room, a room in which food is cooked; Cook′-shop, an eating-house.—To cook one's goose (slang), to finish off, to kill. [A.S. cóc, a cook (Ger. koch), borrowed from L. coquus.]

2. Cook

   kook, v.i. to make the sound of the cuckoo.

3. Cook

   kook, v.i. (Scot.) to appear and disappear by turns.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COOK

   A charitable institution, providing food and shelter for Policemen.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cook

   A man of each mess who is caterer for the day, and answerable too, wherefore he is allowed the surplus grog, termed plush (which see). The cook, par excellence, in the navy, was a man of importance, responsible for the proper cooking of the food, yet not overboiling the meat to extract the fat--his perquisite. The coppers were closely inspected daily by the captain, and if they soiled a cambric handkerchief the cook's allowance was stopped. Now, the ship's cook is a first-class petty officer, and cannot be punished as heretofore. In a merchantman the cook is, ex officio, the hero of the fore-sheet, as the steward is of the main one.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cook

   To prepare food.

   He did love to cook food with his wife.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

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1. COOK

   What does COOK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COOK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Who Was Who?Rate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cook

   Son of the above who helps his father save money for the tourist. He is called "fils" in Paris.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COOK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cook is ranked #65 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cook surname appeared 302,589 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 103 would have the surname Cook.
   
   81.8% or 247,518 total occurrences were White.
   12.5% or 37,975 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 6,566 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 5,991 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 2,784 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 1,725 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Integrity
   • Cheat
   • Cookery
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Skilled Worker

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cook' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2497

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cook' in Verbs Frequency: #500

How to pronounce Cook?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Cook in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cook in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Cook in a Sentence

1. Mahadev Kushwaha:

   They have given us places to cook, and sometimes given us food during the last month. But this is natural. We have very close kinship ties, the media from Kathmandu don't understand this, and say the movement is being run by India. Tarai-Madhes is a part of Nepal just like the hills are.

2. Tom Jawetz:

   The vast majority of immigrants in federal prison are there for crimes that only immigrants can be charged with -- illegal entry and illegal entry after removal, when you cook the books you shouldn't pretend to be surprised by the results.

3. Carla Naumburg:

   We parents expect ourselves to be the teacher, the coach, the therapist, the cook, the jailor, the judge. Everything ! Parents need to trust that other people in their kids' lives are teaching Your Kids, too.

4. Jason Collins:

   We love to cook pumpkin pies, but it is even better to have bite-sized treats, best of all, you can make this in 30 minutes on the grill, and you don't have to heat up the kitchen while everything else is cooking.

5. Hello Mr.:

   Whenever we had lunch there, and we were on location 12-14 weeks, all the local women would cook us lunch for the whole crew. And each would bring out their best dishes every day. And whenever we had lunch, Alfred Hitchcock was the first one to examine the dishes … I would just follow Alfred Hitchcock and go, ‘ Oh, was that a good one, Alfred Hitchcock ? ’ And Alfred Hitchcock would go, ‘ Yes, that’s the one I ’m going to have. ’.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cook
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cook
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cook
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cook
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cook
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cook
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Cook
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Cook
10. ^ Who Was Who?
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=Cook
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html