COOK, verb transitive [Latin] 1. To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc. To dress, as meat or vegetables, for eating. 2. To prepare for any purpose. 3. To throw. [Obs. or local.] COOK, verb intransitive To make the noise of the cuckoo. COOK, noun [Latin] One whose occupation is to prepare victuals for the table; a man or woman who dresses meat or vegetables for eating.
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