Cook
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. i.) To prepare food for the table.
(2): (v. t.) To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; - often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account.
(3): (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
(4): (v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
(5): (n.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
(6): (n.) One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
(7): (v. t.) To throw.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 18:2-6 Judges 6:19 Genesis 27:3,4,9,10 1 Samuel 8:13 9:23 Genesis 18:7 Luke 15:23 Exodus 12:8,9 2 Chronicles 35:13 Leviticus 8:31 Exodus 16:23 Exodus 35:3
King James Dictionary [3]
1. To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, &c. To dress, as meat or vegetables, for eating. 2. To prepare for any purpose. 3. To throw. Obs. or local.
COOK, To make the noise of the cuckoo.
COOK, n. L. One whose occupation is to prepare victuals for the table a man or woman who dresses meat or vegetables for eating.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cook'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cook.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
