cook (
http://definr.com/cook)
n 1: someone who cooks food
2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
(1728-1779) [syn:
Cook,
James Cook,
Captain Cook, {Captain
James Cook}]
v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn:
fix,
ready,
make,
prepare]
3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
4: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
mixture in a big iron kettle"
5: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
"falsify the data" [syn:
fudge,
manipulate,
fake,
falsify,
wangle,
misrepresent]