cook

//kʊk//
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Verb

cookInfinitive
cookPresent tense
cookedPast tense
cookedPast participle
cookingPresent participle
cooksThird-person singular
1

To prepare food by heating it, typically by baking, boiling, frying, or roasting.

I cook dinner for my family every night.

2

To undergo the process of being heated in preparation as food.

The rice is cooking in the pot.

3

To alter or falsify something, especially accounts or records.

He was caught cooking the books to hide the company's losses.

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Noun

cookSingular
cooksPlural
1

A person who prepares food for eating, especially as a job or profession.

She works as a cook in a restaurant.

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