prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients

shall I cook dinner tonight?

she cooked me eggs and bacon

I told you I could cook

alter dishonestly; falsify

a narcotics team who cooked the evidence

be happening or planned

what's cooking on the alternative fuels front?

perform or proceed vigorously or very well

the band used to get up on the bandstand and really cook

a person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way

Susan was a school cook

I'm a good cook