late 14c., from cook (n.); the figurative sense of "to manipulate, falsify, doctor" is from 1630s. Related: Cooked, cooking. To cook with gas is 1930s jive talk.

Old English coc, from Vulgar Latin cocus "cook," from Latin coquus, from coquere "to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest, turn over in the mind" from PIE root *pekw- "to cook&qu [..]

Cooka person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household ( Genesis 18:2-6 ; Judges 6:19 ), and the process was very ex [..]

someone who cooks food prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several [..]

a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously [..]

(Western Province, Solomon Islands) submarine volcano, unknown depth

In the British military, an officer who prepares food. In the United States military, the cook is an enlisted man rather than an officer.

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(n) someone who cooks food(n) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)(v) prepare a hot meal(v) prepare for eating by ap [..]

(b. 1832; d. 1883). “Paul Foster’s Daughter” (1861); “Hobson’s Choice” (1866); “Over Head and Ears” (1868); “Doubleday& [..]

To treat wood with chemicals, under pressure and/or extreme heat, to produce pulp for making paper and paperboard.

An attendant in an opium den.

Non-book move intended to force an opponent to use a difficult line of play

Nineteenth Century New Jersey State Geologist and Rutgers University Professor of Chemistry whose research in soil qualities and successful agricultural practices contributed to the successful development of the state's cranberry and blueberry industries.

in restaurant terminology, an assistant to the chef.

Captain James Cook, a famous English explorer killed in an encounter with native Hawaiians.

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