cooks (verb)

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• cook up — verb 1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients (Freq. 1) concoct a strange mixture • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) …   Useful english dictionary

• do the honors — verb act as the host and receive or introduce one s guests • Hypernyms: ↑host • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * I see honor II informal perform a social duty or s …   Useful english dictionary

• hit the bricks — verb a) To travel about, especially on foot. [T]housands of brewers, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, cooks, checkers, cashiers, dishwashers, hotel maids and bellmen, too, would be forced to hit the bricks in search of other work. b) To leave… …   Wiktionary

• sauté — verb /soʊˈteɪ/ To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, shaking the pan so that the food does not stick to the pan as it cooks …   Wiktionary

• cook — verb 1》 prepare (food) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.     ↘(of food) be heated so as to reach an edible state. 2》 informal alter dishonestly.     ↘(cook something up) concoct a clever or devious story, excuse, or plan. 3》 (be… …   English new terms dictionary

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• cook — I UK [kʊk] / US verb Word forms cook : present tense I/you/we/they cook he/she/it cooks present participle cooking past tense cooked past participle cooked *** Other ways of saying cook: boil to cook food in boiling water: Boil the potatoes for… …   English dictionary

• cook — cook1 [ kuk ] verb *** intransitive or transitive to prepare food and heat it so that it is ready to eat: Cook the apple slowly until it is soft. When did you learn to cook? cook something for someone: Joe s cooking dinner for me tonight. cook… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cook up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make …   English dictionary