cooking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    preparation; cookery.
    • cooking can be a great art
    • people are needed who have experience in cookery
    • he left the preparation of meals to his wife
  2. verb prepare a hot meal
    cook.
    • My husband doesn't cook
  3. verb prepare for eating by applying heat
    cook; ready; fix; make; prepare.
    • Cook me dinner, please
    • can you make me an omelette?
    • fix breakfast for the guests, please
  4. verb transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
    cook.
    • These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
  5. verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
    wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; falsify; manipulate.
    • Fudge the figures
    • cook the books
    • falsify the data
  6. verb transform by heating
    cook.
    • The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle

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