cooking

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/ˈkʊ.kɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.“I'm cooking bangers and mash.”
To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.“He's in the kitchen, cooking.”
To be cooked.“The dinner is cooking on the stove.”
To be uncomfortably hot.“Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.”

verb

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

verb

To throw.

noun

The process of preparing food by using heat.
An instance of preparing food by using heat.
The result of preparing food by using heat.

adjective

In progress, happening.“The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.”

Related words

Synonyms

cook off bake stew culinary art cookery cuisine frying fry culinary oven chef kitchen baked boiled baking meal lunch dinner

Associated

utensils cooker cookbook roasting recipes stove pots cooked

Rhymes

looking booking overlooking hooking rooking crooking overbooking overcooking brooking hook hung

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