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Noun
- //the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp
Verb
- //Cook the onions over low heat.
- //She cooked a great meal.
- //The fish was cooked in a white wine sauce.
- //Carrots can be cooked, but they are often eaten raw.
- //We're too busy to cook at home.
- //He enjoys cooking on the weekends.
- //The rice is still cooking, but it will be ready in 10 minutes.
- //There's something cooking, but he won't say what.
First Known Use
Noun
before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1Verb
15th century, in the meaning def