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Meaning

To make food ready to eat by using heat.

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Word origin

From Old English coc, from Latin coquus, meaning a person who cooks.

Origin
Old English
Root
coc

Grammar

Verb typeregular (cook, cooks, cooked)

Examples

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"Cook" means to make food ready to eat with heat.

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"Cooks" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Cooked" is the past form of "cook".

To cook is to make food ready to eat by using heat. The past form is "cooked".

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This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 4: cook, smoke, smart and 7 more words.