cooks

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When you cook food, you prepare it to be eaten by heating it in a particular way, such as baking or boiling, and when food cooks, it is heated until it is ready to eat:

I don't cook meat very often.

cook something for someone [ + two objects ] He cooked us a huge dinner./He cooked a huge dinner for us.

Let the fish cook for half an hour before you add the wine.

someone who prepares and cooks food:

She's a wonderful cook.

to prepare food by heating it in a particular way, or (of food) to be prepared in this way:

[ T ] I’ll cook the steaks on the grill.

[ I ] Who’s cooking tonight, you or me?

[ I ] The potatoes are cooking.

to give false information in a company's accounts in order to gain an advantage:

By cooking the books, directors grossly misled investors about the company's financial health.