cook definition

1. someone who cooks food
2. English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
3. prepare a hot meal
• examples: My husband doesn't cook
4. prepare for eating by applying heat
• examples: Cook me dinner, please
• examples: can you make me an omelette?
• examples: fix breakfast for the guests, please
5. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
• examples: These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
6. transform by heating
• examples: The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle