1. Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
   "The cooked vegetables were tender and flavourful"

1. (of food) combine or process (e.g. heat) to make ready for eating
   "Cook me dinner, please";
   - fix [informal], ready, make, prepare
    
2. Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
   "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
    
3. Transform by heating
   "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
    
4. [informal] Tamper, with the purpose of deception
   "cook the books";
   - fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, wangle [informal], misrepresent, spoof [informal]

See also: au gratin, baked, barbecued, batter-fried, boiled, braised, broiled [N. Amer], burned, burnt, candy-like, deep-fried, done, fried, grilled, hard-baked, hard-boiled, lyonnaise, medium, overdone, pancake-style, parched, poached, rare-roasted, ready-cooked, roast, roasted, sauté, sautéed, seared, soft-boiled, soufflé-like, steamed, stewed, sunny-side up, toasted, wafer-like, well-done

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, cheat, chisel [informal], make from scratch, modify

Antonym: raw

Encyclopedia: Cooked