Cooking

n. act of preparing food with heat

v. prepare food by heating; transform by heating; be prepared by heating (of food); falsify account records

Cooking is the act of preparing food for eating by the application of heat. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to alter the flavor or digestibility of food. It is the process of selecting, measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure in an effort to achieve the desired result. Factors affecting the final outcome include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual doing the actual cooking.
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Noun
1. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
(synonym) cookery, preparation
(hypernym) change of state
(hyponym) baking
(part-meronym) tenderization, tenderisation
(derivation) cook
(class) challah, hallah

Noun
1. someone who cooks food
(hypernym) skilled worker, trained worker
(hyponym) chef
Verb
1. prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
(synonym) fix, ready, make, prepare
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(hyponym) preserve, keep
(verb-group) make
3. transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
(hypernym) change integrity
(hyponym) bake
4. transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) cooker
5. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
(synonym) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle, misrepresent
(hypernym) cheat, chisel
(hyponym) juggle
(see-also) fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent

(p. pr & vb. n.)
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To cook a meal, denotes some pleasant duty will devolve on you. Many friends will visit you in the near future. If there is discord or a lack of cheerfulness you may expect harassing and disappointing events to happen.