Synonyms for cooking

Noun

1. cooking, cookery, preparation, change of state

usage: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

Verb

1. cook, create from raw material, create from raw stuff

usage: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"

2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepare, create from raw material, create from raw stuff

usage: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

3. cook, change integrity

usage: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

4. cook, change, alter, modify

usage: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

5. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent, cheat, chisel, cook up

usage: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"