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cooking
noun
-
cooking
the
activity
,
art
,
or
practice
of
preparing
food
by
combining
and
heating
ingredients
•
Her
grandmother's
cooking
always
made
family
gatherings
special
.
Her
grandmother's
cooking
always
made
family
gatherings
special
.
•
He
took
a
cooking class
to
learn
how
to
make
Italian
dishes
.
He
took
a
cooking class
to
learn
how
to
make
Italian
dishes
.
adjective
suitable
for
preparing
food
•
She
bought
some
cooking
apples
to
make
a
pie
.
She
bought
some
cooking
apples
to
make
a
pie
.
•
Add
two
tablespoons
of
cooking
oil
to
the
pan
.
Add
two
tablespoons
of
cooking
oil
to
the
pan
.
cook
verb
to
prepare
food
by
heating
it
in
any
way
,
such
as
boiling
,
frying
,
or
baking
•
Every
evening
,
Maria
cooks
dinner
for
her
family
.
Every
evening
,
Maria
cooks
dinner
for
her
family
.
•
"
Let
’
s
cook
some
pancakes
for
breakfast
tomorrow
,"
Tom
said
with
a
grin
.
"
Let
’
s
cook
some
pancakes
for
breakfast
tomorrow
,"
Tom
said
with
a
grin
.
Old
English
"
coc
",
from
Latin
"
coquus
"
meaning
“
cook
,
a
person
who
prepares
food
”.
verb
to
dishonestly
change
facts
or
figures
to
make
them
seem
better
or
more
acceptable
•
The
accountant
went
to
jail
after
he
cooked
the
company
’
s
books
.
The
accountant
went
to
jail
after
he
cooked
the
company
’
s
books
.
•
They
tried
to
cook
the
sales
figures
to
impress
investors
.
They
tried
to
cook
the
sales
figures
to
impress
investors
.
Metaphoric
extension
of
the
main
verb
sense
,
first
recorded
in
the
17th
century
,
comparing
dishonest
manipulation
to
mixing
ingredients
.
