cook
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(verb) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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Related Words: bake, blanch, boil, braise, brown, change integrity, coddle, fricassee, fry, grill, micro-cook, microwave, nuke, overcook, parboil, poach, pressure-cook, roast, souse, steam, stew, zap |
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(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
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Synonyms: fix, make, prepare, ready |
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Related Words: concoct, cook up, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, devil, lard, precook, put on, whip up, whomp up |
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(verb) prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" |
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Related Words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
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(noun) someone who cooks food |
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Related Words: chef, cookie, cooky, fry cook, skilled worker, trained worker |
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(verb) fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" |
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Synonyms: fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle |
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Related Words: cheat, juggle |
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