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Cooked Meaning: Definition, Examples, and Translations

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cooked

🇺🇸 /ˈkʊkt/ · 🇬🇧 /kˈʊkt/

Definitions

Context #1 | Verb

food

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by combining and heating the ingredients in various ways.

Synonyms

bake, grill, make, prepare.

Examples of usage

  • I cooked pasta for dinner last night.
  • She cooked a delicious meal for the family.
  • The chef cooked the steak to perfection.
Context #2 | Verb

illegal drugs

Alter or falsify (data or a document).

Synonyms

falsify, manipulate, tamper with.

Examples of usage

  • He was caught trying to cook the books to hide the company's losses.
  • The criminals were arrested for cooking illegal drugs in their apartment.

Translations

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Quick facts about “cooked”

Cooked is a 1-syllable verb. It is pronounced /ˈkʊkt/ in American English and /kˈʊkt/ in British English. On finesentence.com it has 2 meanings, 7 synonyms, and translations into 21 languages. It ranks #6,327 among the most common English words.

Origin of 'cooked'

The word 'cooked' originated from the Middle English word 'coquen', which came from the Old English word 'cocan'. The word has been used in the English language for centuries to describe the act of preparing food by heating and combining ingredients. Over time, the term has also been used in a figurative sense to describe the alteration or falsification of data or documents. Today, 'cooked' continues to be a commonly used word in both culinary and non-culinary contexts.

See also: cook, cooker, cookhouse, cookie, cooking, cookout, cooktop, cookware, overcook, overcooked, precook, precooked, uncooked, undercooked.

Rhymes

Cooked rhymes with precooked, undercooked, looked, hooked, booked, overcooked and rebooked.

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Word Frequency Rank

At #6,327 in frequency, this word belongs to advanced vocabulary. It's less common than core vocabulary but important for sophisticated expression.