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1. The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
   "cooking can be a great art";
   - cookery, preparation

1. In progress, happening or planned
   "The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking"

1. (of food) combine or process (e.g. heat) to make ready for eating
   "Cook me dinner, please";
   - fix, ready, make, prepare
    
2. Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
    
3. Tamper, with the purpose of deception
   "cook the books";
   - fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent, spoof
    
4. Transform by heating
   "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

Derived forms: cookings

See also: cook up

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

Encyclopedia: Cooking, high altitude