cooking

(noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. Synonyms: cookery, preparation. Examples: "Cooking can be a great art." "People are needed who have experience in cookery." "He left the preparation of meals to his wife."

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

(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat. Synonyms: cook, 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. Synonyms: cook. Example: "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes."

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

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