cook

verb (cook, cooks, cooked, cooking); noun (a cook, cooks)

«cook» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To cook is to make food ready to eat by heating it: boil, fry, bake, roast. tree →
Food cooks when it is heated until it is ready. tree →
A cook is a person who prepares food, at home or as a job. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and science, cooking changes food (eggs go solid, bread browns); heat kills germs, so meat and eggs must be cooked through. In kitchen safety, cook only with an adult, turn pan handles in, use oven gloves, keep a lid nearby. In maths, recipes use measuring and time: «cook for 20 minutes». Phrases: «cook dinner», «cook up» (invent a story or plan), «too many cooks spoil the broth».

Examples

Dad cooks pasta on Fridays. tree →
Let's cook pancakes together. tree →
Cook the chicken until it is white all the way through. tree →
The rice takes ten minutes to cook. tree →
My grandma is a wonderful cook. tree →
Always cook with an adult nearby. tree →
They cooked up a story about a ghost. tree →
Too many cooks spoil the broth. tree →
“Send for the cook,” says he. tree →

Note

A «cook» is a person; a «cooker» (UK) is the stove. Do not call the person a «cooker». Regular: cooked. «Chef» is a professional cook in a restaurant.

In Jewish tradition

Here cooks are workers in a king's house, and in Samuel's story the one who prepares the meal. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and science, cooking changes food (eggs go solid, bread browns); heat kills germs, so meat and eggs must be cooked through. In kitchen safety, cook only with an adult, turn pan handles in, use oven gloves, keep a lid nearby. In maths, recipes use measuring and time: «cook for 20 minutes». Phrases: «cook dinner», «cook up» (invent a story or plan), «too many cooks spoil the broth».

Examples

And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (Prophets 1SA.8.13, JPS 1917) tree →
And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. (Prophets 1SA.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →
And Samuel said unto the cook: 'Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee: Set it by thee.' (Prophets 1SA.9.23, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A «cook» is a person; a «cooker» (UK) is the stove. Do not call the person a «cooker». Regular: cooked. «Chef» is a professional cook in a restaurant.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cook» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cook» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «cook» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cook» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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