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English Dictionary: cook	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for cook
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cook n someone who cooks food English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) Synonym(s): Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook v prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" Synonym(s): cook, fix, ready, make, prepare transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" Synonym(s): fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar. t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo}, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock. {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}. {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cook \Cook\ (k[oomac]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The Silkworms (1599).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] [bd]Cook me that ball.[b8] --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), n. [AS. c[d3]c, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. {Pumpkin}.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. i. To prepare food for the table.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cook, MN (city, FIPS 13006) Location: 47.85308 N, 92.68805 W Population (1990): 680 (308 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55723 Cook, NE (village, FIPS 10390) Location: 40.51031 N, 96.16123 W Population (1990): 333 (171 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68329 Cook, WA Zip code(s): 98605
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cook a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals, as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23). No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).