Definition: cook

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

cook
     n 1: someone who cooks food
     2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
        for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
        (1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain
        James Cook]
     v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
     2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
        please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for
        the guests, please" [syn: fix, ready, make, prepare]
     3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
        "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
     4: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
        mixture in a big iron kettle"
     5: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
        "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify,
         wangle, misrepresent]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from
   AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental
   origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]wu?s.
   See Cock the bird.]
   1. (Zo["o]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["o]l.), a handsome European butterfly
      (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.

   Peacock fish (Zo["o]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["o]l.), any one of several species of
      handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
      They resemble the peacock in color.

Cook \Cook\ (k[=oo]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).

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.]
   To throw. [Prov.Eng.] ``Cook me that ball.'' --Grose.

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), n. [AS. c[=o]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["o]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

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.

Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i.
   To prepare food for the table.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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).