cook
     n 1: someone who cooks food
     2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
        for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
        (1728-1779) [syn: {James Cook}, {Captain Cook}, {Captain
        James Cook}]
     v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
     2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
        please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
        for the guests, please" [syn: {fix}, {ready}, {make}, {prepare}]
     3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
        "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
     4: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
        mixture in a big iron kettle"
     5: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
        "falsify the data" [syn: {fudge}, {manipulate}, {fake}, {falsify},
         {wangle}, {misrepresent}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0