{
    "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."
}