nnoun.actthe act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heatSynset:cookery preparation
Examples:- cooking can be a great art
- people are needed who have experience in cookery
- he left the preparation of meals to his wife
Derivationally Related Form:cookprepare
Hypernyms:change of state
Inherited Hypernyms:cookingchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bakingboilingbraisingbroilbroilingbrowningcuisineculinary artfryingfusion cookinggrillingpercolationpoachingroastingsauteingsimmeringstewingtoasting
Part Meronyms:seasoning tenderisation tenderization
Full Hyponyms:bakingbarbecuingboilingbraisingbroilcuisinedim sumfryingfusion cookinggastronomyhaute cuisinenouvelle cuisinepercolationpoachingrechaufferoastingshirringtoasting
vverb.creationprepare a hot mealTopic:cookerycookingpreparation
Derivationally Related Form:cookerycookingcook
Hypernyms:create from raw material create from raw stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:cookcreate from raw materialmake
Entailment:cook
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.creationprepare for eating by applying heatSynset:cook fix make prepare ready
Examples:- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
Derivationally Related Form:cookerypreparationcookercookcooking
Hypernyms:create from raw material create from raw stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:cookcreate from raw materialmake
Direct Hyponyms:concoctcook updeglazedevildressdress outescallopflambekeeplardprecookpreserveput onscallopwhip upwhomp up
Full Troponyms:canconcoctconservecorncuredeglazedehydratedevildressdunflambefreeze-drylardlyophilizepickleprecookpreserveput onrefrigeratesaltscallopwhip up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: fix, make, cook, ready, prepare)
vverb.changetransform and make suitable for consumption by heatingExamples:- These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
Derivationally Related Form:cookerycookingcook
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:cookchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:bakeblanchbraisebrowncoddlefricasseefrygrillmicro-cookmicrowavenukeovercookparboilpoachpressure-cookroastsousesteamstewzap
Full Troponyms:bakebarbequeblanchbraisebroilbrowncoddledeep-fat-fryfirefrench-fryfricasseefrizzlefrygriddlegrillhibachijugmicrowaveovenbakeovercookpan-broilpan-frypan roastpoachpressure-cookroastsauteshirrsousesteamstewstir fry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: cook)
vverb.socialtamper, with the purpose of deceptionSynset:cook fake falsify fudge manipulate misrepresent wangle
Examples:- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
Derivationally Related Form:falsityfakerywanglewanglerfakefalsifierfakerfalsificationmisrepresentation
Hypernyms:cheat chisel
Inherited Hypernyms:fudgecheatdeceivevictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:juggle
Full Troponyms:juggle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: fudge, manipulate)
vverb.changetransform by heatingExamples:- The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
Derivationally Related Form:cooker
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:cookchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something