cook

someone who cooks food

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"

prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"