cook

(noun) someone who cooks food.

(noun) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). Synonyms: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook.

(verb) prepare a hot meal. Examples: "My husband doesn't cook."

(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat. Synonyms: fix, ready, make, prepare. Examples: "Cook me dinner, please." "Can you make me an omelette?." "Fix breakfast for the guests, please."

(verb) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating. Examples: "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes."

(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception. Synonyms: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent. Examples: "Fudge the figures." "Cook the books." "Falsify the data."

(verb) transform by heating. Examples: "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle."