cook
someone who cooks food (Freq. 7)
• Hypernyms:
skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
• Hyponyms:
chef, cookie, cooky, fry cook, preserver,
roaster, seasoner
• Instance Hyponyms:
Farmer, Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer
1. prepare a hot meal (Freq. 9)
- My husband doesn't cook
• Derivationally related forms:
cooking, cookery
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. prepare for eating by applying heat (Freq. 9)
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
• Syn:
fix, ready, make, prepare
• Derivationally related forms:
preparation (for: prepare), cooker, cooking, cookery
• Hypernyms:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
• Hyponyms:
preserve, keep, dress, dress out, deglaze,
scallop, escallop, flambe, put on, devil, precook,
whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard
• Verb Group:
make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs cook the vegetables
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating (Freq. 6)
- These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
• Derivationally related forms:
cooking, cookery
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
bake, brown, coddle, souse, microwave,
micro-cook, zap, nuke, blanch, parboil, overcook,
fricassee, stew, roast, braise, fry, grill,
steam, pressure-cook, poach
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs cook the vegetables
4. tamper, with the purpose of deception
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
• Syn:
fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent
• See Also:
cook up
• Derivationally related forms:
misrepresentation (for: misrepresent), wangle (for: wangle), wangler (for: wangle), falsification (for: falsify), falsity (for: falsify), falsifier (for: falsify), fake (for: fake), faker (for: fake), fakery (for: fake)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, chisel
• Hyponyms:
juggle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s (for: manipulate)
- Somebody ----s (for: fudge)
5. transform by heating
- The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
• Derivationally related forms:
cooker
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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