English > cook: 7 senses > verb 2, creation| Meaning | Prepare for eating by applying heat. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | The chefs cook the vegetables |
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| Example | "Cook me dinner, please" |
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| Synonyms | fix, ready, make, prepare |
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| Narrower | concoct, cook up | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients |
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| deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid / liquid and stirring |
| devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste |
| dress, dress out | kill and prepare for market or consumption |
| flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) |
| lard | Prepare or cook with lard |
| precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting |
| put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking |
| scallop, escallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top |
| whip up, whomp up | Prepare or cook quickly or hastily |
| Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
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| Similar to | make | Gather and light the materials for |
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| Spanish | cocinar, confeccionar, crear, formar, guisar, preparar |
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| Catalan | confeccionar, coure, crear, cuinar, formar, guisar, preparar |
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| Nouns | cook | someone who cooks food |
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| cooker | a utensil for cooking |
| cooking, cookery | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
English > cook: 7 senses > verb 3, change| Meaning | Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | The chefs cook the vegetables |
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| Example | "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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| Entailed by | baste | Cover with liquid / liquid before cooking |
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| cook | Prepare a hot meal |
| mask | Cover with a sauce |
| Narrower | bake | cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven |
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| blanch, parboil | cook (vegetables) briefly |
| braise | cook in liquid / liquid |
| brown | fry in a pan until it changes color / color |
| coddle | cook in nearly boiling water |
| fricassee | make a fricassee of by cooking |
| fry | cook on a hot surface using fat |
| grill | cook over a grill |
| microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke | cook or heat in a microwave oven |
| overcook | cook too long |
| poach | cook in a simmering liquid / liquid |
| pressure-cook | cook in a pressure cooker |
| roast | cook with dry heat, usually in an oven |
| souse | cook in a marinade |
| steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it |
| stew | cook slowly and for a long time in liquid / liquid |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
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| Similar to | cook | Transform by heating |
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| Spanish | asar, cocer, cocinar, guisar |
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| Catalan | coure, cuinar, guisar |
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| Nouns | cook | someone who cooks food |
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| cooking, cookery | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
