Cook

v. i. [From the sound.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. and rare.]

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COOKED (kōōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. COOKING.] [A-S. geococnian, Icel. kocka, Sw. koka, Dan. koge, D. koken, Ger. kochen, O. H. Ger. cochon, chochen, from Lat. coquere; It. cuocere, Sp. cocer, Fr. cuire.]

1Sense 1. To prepare, as food for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, &c.; to dress for food.

2Sense 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter;—usually with up; as, to cook up a story. [Collog.]

3Sense 3. To throw. [Prov. Eng.] “Cook me that ball.” Grose.

v. i. To prepare food for the table.

(27), n. [A-S. coc, D. & Dan. kok, Sw. kock, Ger. kock, from Lat. cocus, coquus, from coquere; It. cuoco. See COOK, v. t.] One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses meat or vegetables for eating.