1. Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat

1. Prepare a hot meal
   "My husband doesn't cook" 
2. Prepare for eating by applying heat
   "Cook me dinner, please"
   - fix, ready, make, prepare 
3. Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" 
4. Tamper, with the purpose of deception
   "cook the books"
   - fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent, spoof 
5. Transform by heating
   "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

See also: au gratin, baked, barbecued, batter-fried, boiled, braised, broiled [N. Amer], burned, burnt, candy-like, cook up, cooker, cooking, deep-fried, done, fried, grilled, hard-baked, hard-boiled, lyonnaise, medium, overdone, pancake-style, parched, poached, rare-roasted, ready-cooked, roast, roasted, sauté, sautéed, seared, soft-boiled, soufflé-like, steamed, stewed, sunny-side up, toasted, wafer-like, well-done

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, cheat, chisel, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, modify

Antonym: raw

Encyclopedia: Cook, Glen Cook, James Cook, MN Cook, Canberra Cook Cook, Alistair Cook, Australian Capital Territory Cook, Minnesota Cook, Peter Edward Cook, Robin Cook, South Australia Cook, Paul Cook, Monte Cook, NE Cook, Nebraska

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