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C0619800 (ko͝ok)v. cooked, cook·ing, cooks v.tr.1. To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.2. To prepare or treat by heating: slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.3. Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor: disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.v.intr.1. To prepare food for eating by applying heat.2. To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.3. Slang To happen, develop, or take place: What's cooking in town?4. Slang To proceed or perform very well: The band really got cooking after midnight.n. A person who prepares food for eating.Phrasal Verb: cook up Informal To fabricate; concoct: cook up an excuse.Idiom: cook (one's) goose Slang To ruin one's chances: The speeding ticket cooked his goose with his father. Her goose was cooked when she was caught cheating on the test.

[Middle English coken, from coke, cook, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin *cōcus, from Latin cocus, coquus, from coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

cook up

vb (tr, adverb) 1. informal to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc)2. (Cookery) to prepare (a meal), esp quickly3. (Recreational Drugs) slang to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon n (Cookery) (in the Caribbean) a dish consisting of mixed meats, rice, shrimps, and sometimes vegetables

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Verb	1.	cook up - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange mixture"concoctcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
	2.	cook up - make up something artificial or untruefabricate, invent, manufacture, make updream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memorytrump up, concoct - invent; "trump up charges"spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn"vamp, vamp up - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"

cook

verbTo prepare (food) for eating by the use of heat:do.phrasal verb
cook upInformal. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up.Idiom: come up with.nounA person who prepares food for eating:chef.

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cook

(kuk) verb to prepare (food) or become ready by heating. She cooked the chicken; The chicken is cooking in the oven.烹调 noun a person who cooks, especially for a living. She was employed as a cook at the embassy.厨师ˈcooker noun1. an apparatus on which food is cooked; a stove. She has an electric cooker. 炊具，炉灶 2. an apple etc used in cooking, not for eating raw. 烹饪用水果ˈcookery noun the art or practice of cooking food. She was taught cookery at school; (also adjective) cookery classes.烹调法ˈcookery-book noun (American ˈcook-book) a book of instructions on how to prepare and cook various dishes. 烹调书cook up to invent or make up a false story etc. He cooked up a story about his car having broken down. 伪造，编造

cook up

1. Literally, to prepare food by cooking it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Are you hungry? I can cook something up for you.2. To devise something. In this usage, the phrase often has a negative connotation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." What ridiculous scheme has Sam cooked up now?3. To plan to do something with someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Have you been able to cook anything up with the boss yet? We really need to meet about this issue soon.See also: cook, up

cooked up

Forced, artificial, or contrived. The phrase is hyphenated when used before a noun. The dog ate your homework, huh? Now there's cooked-up excuse!See also: cook, up

cook something up (with someone)

Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up.See also: cook, up

cook something up (with someone)

Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up.See also: cook, up

cooked up

contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up. What a cooked-up story! Of course, you don't believe it.See also: cook, up

cook up

Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s] See also: cook, up

cook up

v.1. To prepare some food: We cooked up a pizza for dinner. I cooked hamburgers up on the grill.2. Slang To fabricate or concoct something; make up something: Don't cook up an excuse just because you're late. The suspect cooked up an alibi at the last minute.See also: cook, up

cooked up

mod. contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up. See also: cook, up

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verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

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