Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cooking

1 sense of cooking

Sense 1
cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cook

5 senses of cook

Sense 1
cook -- (prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook")
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)

Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare -- (prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please")
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)

Sense 3
cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes")
       => change integrity -- (change in physical make-up)

Sense 4
fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent -- (tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data")
       => cheat, chisel -- (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?")
          Phrasal Verb-> cook up#2

Sense 5
cook -- (transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")