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pan> to prepare (food) for eating by a heating process //Cook the vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes. //The fish was cooked in a wine sauce. //He cooked dinner for his guests.

concoct, fabricate —usually used with up //cooked up a scheme

to alter (something, such as records) with the intention of deceiving or misleading falsify, doctor //The point is that every country's numbers are the result of a specific set of testing and accounting regimes. Everyone is cooking the data, one way or another. — Alexis C. Madrigal
— see also cook the books

to subject (something) to the action of heat or fire during preparation //Agents discovered a recipe for cooking meth at his lab … pan> to prepare (food) for eating by a heating process //Cook the vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes. //The fish was cooked in a wine sauce. //He cooked dinner for his guests.

concoct, fabricate —usually used with up //cooked up a scheme

to subject (something) to the action of heat or fire during preparation //Agents discovered a recipe for cooking meth at his lab …