cook

Noun

cook noun

1. A person who prepares food.“I'm a terrible cook, so I eat a lot of frozen dinners.”
2. The head cook of a manor house
3. The degree or quality of cookedness of food
4. One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.“Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.”

Verb

cook verb

1. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.“I'm cooking bangers and mash.”
2. To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.“He's in the kitchen, cooking.”
3. To be cooked.“The dinner is cooking on the stove.”
4. To be uncomfortably hot.“Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.”

cook verb

1. To make the noise of the cuckoo.

cook verb

1. To throw.