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Synonyms for cook
kʊkcook
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Princeton's WordNet
cooknoun
someone who cooks food
Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cookverb
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
cookverb
prepare a hot meal
"My husband doesn't cook"
Synonyms:
fix, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, make, ready, falsify, fudge, fake, preparecook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
Synonyms:
wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, fix, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, gain, ready, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, prepare, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seducecookverb
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
"These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
Synonyms:
fix, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, make, ready, falsify, fudge, fake, preparefudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb
tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
Synonyms:
warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, fake, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, manipulate, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirtcookverb
transform by heating
"The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
Synonyms:
fix, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, make, ready, falsify, fudge, fake, prepare
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
cookverb
Synonyms:
prepare (food) by heat
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cooknoun
Synonyms:
chef (chief cook)cookverb
Synonyms:
stew, seethe, gratinate, tamper with, garble, falsify
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How to use cook in a sentence?
It's funny, to me, the way people refer to childbirth as a miraculous event. A miracle is something that defies nature. Only, childbirth has got to be the most natural thing in the world. Top three anyway. But, on the other hand, when you think about it, there's really no other word that fits. Sperm. Egg. A coincidental meshing of genetic information that will grow something that could write an opera or cook up some Napalm. It blows my mind.
I don't see Tim Cook retiring anytime soon.
They say that a good cook can ignite sparks by the way he kisses. The way I see, just because a guy can turn on the stove doesn't necessarily make him a good cook.
I suspect the plaintiffs are much more interested in having same-day registration thrown out in Cook County than they are in extending it to every small county in Illinois.
Be careful not to overcrowd the fryer or frying pan – the Brussels Sprouts expand as they cook due to their high water content.
Translations for cook
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- kokAfrikaans
- طبّاخ, طبخArabic
- aşpazAzerbaijani
- вары́ць, гатава́ць, кухарка, куха́рыць, кухарBelarusian
- готвач, го́твя, готвяBulgarian
- রাঁধুনিBengali
- མ་བྱན, ཁ་ལག་བཟོ་བ, འཚོད་པTibetan Standard
- keginañBreton
- coure's, coure, cuinar, xef, cuinerCatalan, Valencian
- юургйийригChechen
- vařit, kuchař, kuchařkaCzech
- cogydd, coginio, cogyddesWelsh
- kokDanish
- kochen, Köchin, garen, KochGerman
- nuɖala, ɖaEwe
- ψήνομαι, μάγειρος, μαγειρεύω, παρασκευάζω, μαγείρισσαGreek
- kuiri, kuiriĝi, kuiristoEsperanto
- cocinera, cocinar, cocer, cocerse, cocineroSpanish
- kokkEstonian
- sukaldariBasque
- پختن, پزنده, آشپزی, پخت و پز, آشپز, پختهPersian
- kokki, kokata, keittää, kypsyä, [[tehdä]] [[ruokaa]], paistua, laittaa ruokaa, keittäjäFinnish
- kokkurFaroese
- cuisinier, cuisiner, chef, cuireFrench
- bruichScottish Gaelic
- cociñar, cocer, cociñeiroGalician
- הִתְבַּשֵּׁל, בישל, טבחית, טבחHebrew
- रसोइया, पकानाHindi
- fő, szakács, főz, forróHungarian
- եփել, խոհարար, պատրաստելArmenian
- kokiIndonesian
- koquar, koquadarIdo
- kokkur, eldaIcelandic
- cuoca, cuocere, cucinare, cuocoItalian
- コック, シェフ, 料理, 調理師, 料理人Japanese
- საჭმლის მომზადებაGeorgian
- аспазKazakh
- ធ្វើបាយ, ដណ្ដាំ, ស្ល, ចំអិន, អ្នកដាំស្ល, ដាំស្ល, ដុត, អ្នកធ្វើបាយKhmer
- 요리사, 요리하다, 쿡Korean
- چێشت حازرکردن, چێشت لێنانKurdish
- keginaCornish
- повар, ашпозKyrgyz
- coctūrārius, cocus, coctor, coquus, coquereLatin
- brutschen, kachenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຄົນຄົວກິນ, ພໍ່ຄົວ, ຄົວກິນLao
- kokasLithuanian
- pavārsLatvian
- готвач, го́тви, готвачкаMacedonian
- പാകം ചെയ്യുന്നുMalayalam
- kok, kokaMaltese
- kokk, lage mat, kokkeNorwegian
- koken, kokkin, bakken, kokDutch
- kokke, kokkNorwegian Nynorsk
- yibéézh, chʼiyáán ííłʼíní, yiłbéézhNavajo, Navaho
- còireOccitan
- kucharz, gotować, kucharkaPolish
- cozinhar, cozinheiro, torrar, cozinheiraPortuguese
- coier, cuschinarRomansh
- bucătar, gătiRomanian
- готовиться, гото́вить, кухарка, готовить, стря́пать, кок, вари́ть, повар, состря́пать, свари́ть, повариха, пригото́вить, приготовить, стряпухаRussian
- पचतिSanskrit
- còchereSardinian
- skuvati, скувати, kȕhār, кувар, кухар, kȕvār, kȕvarica, kuvati, kȕharica, кувати, куварица, кухарицаSerbo-Croatian
- kuchár, variť, kuchárkaSlovak
- kuhati se, kuhati, kuharica, cvreti se, skuhati, kuhar, skuhati seSlovene
- kuzhinier, gatuajAlbanian
- koka, tillaga, laga mat, stekas, kock, lagasSwedish
- wapishi, mpishi, kupikaSwahili
- கூவியர், குய்Tamil
- ఉడుకు, వండు, వంటమనిషి, వంటవాడుTelugu
- ошпаз, таббохTajik
- ประกอบอาหาร, แม่ครัว, กุ๊ก, หุงหาอาหาร, ปรุงอาหาร, พ่อครัวThai
- aşpezTurkmen
- maglutoTagalog
- aşçıTurkish
- пешерчеTatar
- вари́ти, готува́ти, кухарка, кухар, кухова́ритиUkrainian
- پکاناUrdu
- oshpazUzbek
- đầu bếp, nấu chín, nấu ăn, nấuVietnamese
- hikvisinan, kvisinan, jikvisinanVolapük
- cure, fé a magnî, fé, coujhnerWalloon
- 廚師Chinese
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