cook
1. cook \'ku.k\ n [ME, fr. OE co-c; akin to OHG koch; both fr. a
prehistoric WGmc]word borrowed fr. L coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to
OE a-figen fried, Gk pessein to cook 1: one who prepares food for eating
2: a technical or industrial process comparable to cooking food; also : a
substance so processed
2. cook vi 1: to prepare food for eating 2: to undergo the action of being
cooked 3: OCCUR, HAPPEN 1: CONCOCT, IMPROVISE {~ed up a scheme} 2: to
prepare for eating by a heating process 3: FALSIFY, DOCTOR 4: to subject
to the action of heat or fire : to ruin (one) irretrievably - cook.er n