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{
"term": "cook",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/co/cooking.png",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "cook",
"heSheIt": "cooks"
},
"pastSimple": "cooked",
"pastParticiple": "cooked",
"ingForm": "cooking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking or frying it",
"sensetop": "cook somethingcook something for somebodycook somebody something",
"labels": "(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Where did you learn to cook?"
},
{
"text": "Add the onion and cook for three minutes."
},
{
"text": "to **cook a meal**",
"contextForm": "cook something"
},
{
"text": "to **cook food/dinner**"
},
{
"text": "What's the best way to cook trout?"
},
{
"text": "I always have a **cooked breakfast** *(= consisting of cooked food)*"
},
{
"text": "He cooked lunch for me.",
"contextForm": "cook something for somebody"
},
{
"text": "He cooked me lunch.",
"contextForm": "cook somebody something"
},
{
"text": "I'll cook you a special meal for your birthday."
},
{
"text": "Make sure you cook the meat well."
},
{
"text": "Ensure that the meat is cooked through."
},
{
"text": "The vegetables were cooked perfectly."
},
{
"text": "the smell of freshly cooked bacon"
},
{
"text": "Who's going to cook supper?"
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fully", "thoroughly", "well"],
"phrases": ["be cooked through", "freshly cooked"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be prepared by boiling, baking, frying, etc.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce."
},
{
"text": "Turn the fish over so that it cooks evenly."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fully", "thoroughly", "well"],
"phrases": ["be cooked through", "freshly cooked"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be happening or planned",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Everyone is being very secretive—there's something cooking."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be doing something very well and successfully",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change facts or figures dishonestly or illegally",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His accountant had been cooking the books for years."
},
{
"text": "Someone was cooking the books."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to destroy somebody’s chances of success",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊk/",
"audio": "co/cook/cook__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊks/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊkt/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooking__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊk/",
"audio": "co/cook/cook__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊks/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kʊkt/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/cook/cooking__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English cōc (noun), from popular Latin cocus, from Latin coquus."
}