verb

1. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

   “I'm cooking bangers and mash.”

2. To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

   “He's in the kitchen, cooking.”

3. To be cooked.

   “The dinner is cooking on the stove.”

Synonyms: cook off, bake, stew

verb

1. To make the noise of the cuckoo.

verb

1. To throw.

noun

1. The process of preparing food by using heat.

2. An instance of preparing food by using heat.

3. The result of preparing food by using heat.

Synonyms: culinary art

adjective

1. In progress, happening.

   “The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.”