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cook
What does cook mean?
cook (verb): to prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cook in a sentence?
- Cook me dinner, please. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce cook?
/kʊk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cook come from?
From Middle English coken, from the noun cook.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of cook?
Words related to cook
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “cook” mean?
to prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc
Right! That's what “cook” means.
to make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance
Not quite: that's what crow means.
to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
Not quite: that's what incur means.
to clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred
Not quite: that's what vest means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “cook”?
provide
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prepare
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include
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believe
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