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(kk), v. i.[Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599). Cook (kk), v. t.[Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose. Cook (kk), n.[AS. cc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. , Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. 2. (Zol.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. Cook v. t.[imp. & p. p.Cooked (); p. pr & vb. n.Cooking.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison. Cook (kk), v. i.To prepare food for the table. スポンサード リンク
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