verb

cook

to cook

I like to cook pasta.

I like to cook pasta.

My father is cooking dinner.

My father is cooking dinner.

((sth.)) to prepare (food) by heating it He loves to cook Italian food.

Synonyms: prepare, make, bake, roast

From Old English 'cōc', from Latin 'coquus' meaning 'a cook' (the person).

Picture a chef, a 'cook', in a kitchen. The action they perform is 'to cook'. The person and the action share the same word.

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