Peacock \Pea"cock`\ (p[=e]"k[o^]k`), n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this
   word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob.
   of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taw`s, taw^s, Per. t[=a]us,
   t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]w[=u]s. See Cock the bird.]
   1. (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of
      which at least two species are known, native of Southern
      Asia and the East Indies.
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   Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of
         erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by
         concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden
         colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo
         cristatus. The Javan peacock (Pavo muticus) is more
         brilliantly colored than the common species.
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   2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a
      peafowl.
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   Peacock butterfly (Zool.), a handsome European butterfly
      (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.

   Peacock fish (Zool.), the European blue-striped wrasse
      (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its
      brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.

   Peacock pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
      handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron.
      They resemble the peacock in color.
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	Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. i.
   To prepare food for the table.
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	Cook \Cook\ (k[=oo]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.]
   To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]
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         Constant cuckoos cook on every side.     --The
                                                  Silkworms
                                                  (1599).
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	Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.]
   To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." --Grose.
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	Cook \Cook\ (k[oo^]k), n. [AS. c[=o]c, fr. L. cocus, coquus,
   coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pe`ptein, Skr. pac,
   and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious.
   Cf. Pumpkin.]
   1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one
      who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
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   2. (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
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	Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (k[oo^]kt); p. pr &
   vb. n. Cooking.]
   1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking,
      broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency
      of fire or heat.
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   2. 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. [Colloq.]
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            They all of them receive the same advices from
            abroad, and very often in the same words; but their
            way of cooking it is so different.    --Addison.
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	cook
     n 1: someone who cooks food
     2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia
        for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
        (1728-1779) [syn: James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain
        James Cook]
     v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
     2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
        please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
        for the guests, please" [syn: fix, ready, make, prepare]
     3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
        "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
     4: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal
        mixture in a big iron kettle"
     5: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
        "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify,
         wangle, misrepresent]

	

	179 Moby Thesaurus words for "cook":
   KO, abigail, adulterate, amah, au pair girl, ayah, bake, baker,
   ball up, barbecue, baste, be in heat, betweenmaid, biddy, blanch,
   blaze, bloom, boil, bollix, bollix up, braise, brew, broil, brown,
   bugger, bugger up, burn, chafe, chambermaid, chaperon, chef,
   chef de cuisine, chief cook, choke, coddle, combust, companion,
   culinarian, culinary artist, curry, defeat, devil, dish, do,
   do for, do in, do to perfection, doctor, duenna, electric-heat,
   fake, femme de chambre, fille de chambre, fire, fire up, fix,
   flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, foment, foul up,
   fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fry cook, gas-heat, gasp,
   gentlewoman, girl, glow, griddle, grill, gum up, handmaid,
   handmaiden, hash up, heat, hired girl, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat,
   hot-water-heat, housemaid, incandesce, juggle, kitchener,
   kitchenmaid, knock out, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, live-in maid,
   live-out maid, load, louse up, maid, maidservant, manipulate, melt,
   mess up, muck up, mull, nursemaid, oven-bake, overheat, pack, pan,
   pan-broil, pant, parboil, parch, parlormaid, pastry chef,
   pastrycook, plant, play hell with, play hob with, poach, preheat,
   prepare, prepare food, queer, radiate heat, recook, reheat,
   retouch, rig, roast, salt, saute, scald, scallop, scorch, screw up,
   scullery maid, scuttle, sear, seethe, servant girl, servitress,
   settle, shimmer with heat, shirr, shoot down, short-order cook,
   simmer, sink, smolder, smother, snafu, snarl up, sophisticate,
   soubrette, spark, stack, steam, stew, stifle, stir-fry, stoke up,
   suffocate, superheat, sweat, swelter, tamper with, tepefy, toast,
   torpedo, tweeny, undo, upstairs maid, waiting maid, warm,
   warm over, warm up, wench

	

	Cook
   a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times
   among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the
   household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very
   expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional
   cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals,
   as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for
   purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal
   lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking
   by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23).
   No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).

	

	Cook, MN (city, FIPS 13006)
  Location: 47.85308 N, 92.68805 W
  Population (1990): 680 (308 housing units)
  Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 55723
Cook, NE (village, FIPS 10390)
  Location: 40.51031 N, 96.16123 W
  Population (1990): 333 (171 housing units)
  Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 68329
Cook, WA
  Zip code(s): 98605

	

	Cook -- U.S. County in Illinois
   Population (2000):    5376741
   Housing Units (2000): 2096121
   Land area (2000):     945.680365 sq. miles (2449.300798 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    689.360841 sq. miles (1785.436307 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1635.041206 sq. miles (4234.737105 sq. km)
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.837649 N, 87.767817 W
   Headwords:
    Cook
    Cook, IL
    Cook County
    Cook County, IL

	

	Cook -- U.S. County in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    5168
   Housing Units (2000): 4708
   Land area (2000):     1450.604787 sq. miles (3757.048990 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1889.112522 sq. miles (4892.778762 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3339.717309 sq. miles (8649.827752 sq. km)
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             47.856408 N, 90.497890 W
   Headwords:
    Cook
    Cook, MN
    Cook County
    Cook County, MN

	

	Cook -- U.S. County in Georgia
   Population (2000):    15771
   Housing Units (2000): 6558
   Land area (2000):     229.018029 sq. miles (593.153947 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    4.203139 sq. miles (10.886080 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    233.221168 sq. miles (604.040027 sq. km)
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             31.154793 N, 83.429366 W
   Headwords:
    Cook
    Cook, GA
    Cook County
    Cook County, GA

	

	Cook, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    322
   Housing Units (2000): 175
   Land area (2000):     0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            10390
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.510526 N, 96.161506 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     68329
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cook, NE
    Cook

	

	Cook, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    622
   Housing Units (2000): 302
   Land area (2000):     0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            13006
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             47.852989 N, 92.686755 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     55723
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cook, MN
    Cook

	

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