1. (v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.

2. (v. t.) To throw.

3. (n.) One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

4. (n.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

5. (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

6. (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.

7. (v. i.) To prepare food for the table.

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