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Definitions for Cooking

[1] the act of a person or thing that cooks.
[2] the art or practice of preparing food; cookery.
[3] used in preparing foods: a cooking utensil.
[4] fit to eat when cooked (distinguished from eating): cooking apples.
[5] to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
[6] to subject (anything) to the application of heat.
[7] Slang . to ruin; spoil.
[8] Informal . to falsify, as accounts: to cook the expense figures.
[9] to prepare food by the use of heat.
[10] (of food) to undergo cooking.
[11] Slang . to be full of activity and excitement: Las Vegas cooks around the clock. to perform, work, or do in just the right way and with energy and enthusiasm: That new drummer is really cooking tonight. Now you're cooking! to be in preparation; develop: Plans for the new factory have been cooking for several years. to take place; occur; happen: What's cooking at the club?
[12] a person who cooks: The restaurant hired a new cook.
[13] cook off , (of a shell or cartridge) to explode or fire without being triggered as a result of overheating in the chamber of the weapon.
[14] cook up , Informal . to concoct or contrive, often dishonestly: She hastily cooked up an excuse. to falsify: Someone had obviously cooked up the alibi.
[15] to hide, especially outdoors, as by crouching down behind a hedge.
[16] to prepare (food) by the action of heat, as by boiling, baking, etc, or (of food) to become ready for eating through such a process Related adjective: culinary
[17] to subject or be subjected to the action of intense heat the town cooked in the sun
[18] (tr) slang to alter or falsify (something, esp figures, accounts, etc) to cook the books
[19] (tr) slang to spoil or ruin (something)
[20] (intr) slang to happen (esp in the phrase what's cooking? )
[21] (tr) slang to prepare (any of several drugs) by heating
[22] (intr) music slang to play vigorously the band was cooking
[23] cook someone's goose informal to spoil a person's plans to bring about someone's ruin, downfall, etc
[24] a person who prepares food for eating, esp as an occupation
[25] a mountain in New Zealand, in the South Island, in the Southern Alps: the highest peak in New Zealand. Height: reduced in 1991 by a rockfall from 3764 m (12 349 ft) to 3754 m (12 316 ft) Official name: Aoraki-Mount Cook
[26] a mountain in SE Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4194 m (13 760 ft)
[27] Captain James . 1728–79, British navigator and explorer: claimed the E coast of Australia for Britain, circumnavigated New Zealand, and discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands (1768–79)
[28] Sir Joseph. 1860–1947, Australian statesman, born in England: prime minister of Australia (1913–14)
[29] Peter (Edward ). 1937–95, British comedy actor and writer, noted esp for his partnership (1960–73) with Dudley Moore
[30] Robin, full name Robert Finlayson Cook . 1946–2005, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (1997–2001), Leader of the House (2001-2003)
[31] Thomas. 1808–92, British travel agent; innovator of conducted excursions and founder of the travel agents Thomas Cook and Son

Words related to Cooking

baking, steaming, heating, sizzling, boiling, simmering, roasting, broiling, stewing, brewing, browning, happening, begun

Words nearby Cooking

cookie cutter, cookie jar, cookie press, cookie sheet, cookie-cutter, cooking, cookoff, cookout, cookshack, cookshop, cookson

Origin of Cooking

21780–90; perhaps blend of Middle English couche bend, stoop (see couch) and Middle English croke bend, stoop (see crooked)

Other words from Cooking

self-cook·ing , adjective
cook·a·ble , adjective
cook·less , adjective
un·cook·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Cooking

Old English cōc (n), from Latin coquus a cook, from coquere to cook

Synonyms for Cooking

baking, boiling, brewing, broiling, browning, frying, grilling, heating, roasting, simmering, sizzling, steaming, steeping, stewing, toasting