verb Download 🔗Share To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. Examples : "My mom is cooking dinner for the family tonight. " food action utensil essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. Examples : "My mom is cooking dinner tonight, combining chicken, vegetables, and rice. " food utensil action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be cooked. Examples : "The dinner is cooking on the stove." food utensil action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be uncomfortably hot. Examples : "Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there." sensation condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To execute by electric chair. Examples : "The condemned prisoner was scheduled to be cooking tomorrow morning. " government law action electric police state inhuman essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown. Examples : "The soldier practiced cooking grenades, holding them briefly before throwing them. " military weapon war action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To concoct or prepare. Examples : "My mom is cooking a delicious meal for dinner tonight. " food action process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tamper with or alter; to cook up. Examples : "The teacher was suspected of cooking up a story about a dangerous trip to the zoo. " food action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.) Examples : "Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!" music entertainment language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play music vigorously. Examples : "On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!" music essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make the noise of the cuckoo. Examples : "The old grandfather clock in the hall was cooking, a loud, repetitive "cuckoo" sound echoing through the house. " sound bird nature animal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To throw. Examples : "The chef was cooking the vegetables onto the hot pan. " action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The process of preparing food by using heat. Examples : "My favorite cooking is pasta with tomato sauce. " food process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of preparing food by using heat. Examples : "The delicious aroma of the cooking filled the kitchen. " food utensil process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The result of preparing food by using heat. Examples : "The delicious cooking smelled wonderful from the kitchen. " food process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share In progress, happening. Examples : "The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking." process now essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading