Definition of cook

• v. i. - To make the noise of the cuckoo.
• v. t. - To throw.
• n. - One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
• n. - A fish, the European striped wrasse.
• v. t. - To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To prepare food for the table.