cooking

Words with a similar base: cooking

'cooking'

[cooking.n.01] as in: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

Examples:
cooking can be a great art
people are needed who have experience in cookery
he left the preparation of meals to his wife

'cooking'

[cook.v.01] as in: prepare a hot meal

Examples:
My husband doesn't cook

'cooking'

[cook.v.02] as in: prepare for eating by applying heat

Examples:
Cook me dinner, please
can you make me an omelette?
fix breakfast for the guests, please

'cooking'

[cook.v.03] as in: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

Examples:
These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes

'cooking'

[fudge.v.01] as in: tamper, with the purpose of deception

Examples:
Fudge the figures
cook the books
falsify the data

'cooking'

[cook.v.05] as in: transform by heating

Examples:
The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle

Origins

					cooking (English)
├── -ing (English)
│   ├── -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -ing (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -inge (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── cook (English)
    └── coken (Middle English (1100-1500))

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