Warm vs. Cook — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Warm and Cook
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Warm
Of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature
I walked quickly to keep warm
A warm September evening
Cook
To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
Warm
Having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness
They exchanged warm, friendly smiles
A warm welcome
Cook
To prepare or treat by heating
Slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.
Warm
(of a colour) containing red, yellow, or orange tones
Her fair colouring suited soft, warm shades
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Cook
(Slang) To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor
Disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.
Warm
(of a scent or trail) fresh; strong.
Cook
To prepare food for eating by applying heat.
Warm
Make or become warm
The film warmed our hearts
It's a bit chilly in here, but it'll soon warm up
I stamped my feet to warm them up
Cook
To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.
Warm
A warm place or area
Stay in the warm, I've made up the fire for you
Cook
(Slang) To happen, develop, or take place
What's cooking in town?.
Warm
Short for British warm
Cook
(Slang) To proceed or perform very well
The band really got cooking after midnight.
Warm
Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot
A warm climate.
Cook
A person who prepares food for eating.
Warm
Having the natural heat of living beings
A warm body.
Cook
(cooking) A person who prepares food.
I'm a terrible cook, so I eat a lot of frozen dinners.
Warm
Preserving or imparting heat
A warm jacket.
Cook
(cooking) The head cook of a manor house.
Warm
Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.
Cook
(cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
Warm
Marked by enthusiasm; ardent
Warm support.
Cook
(slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab.
Warm
Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated
A warm debate.
Cook
(slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
Warm
Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial
Warm greetings.
Cook
A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.
Warm
Loving; passionate
A warm embrace.
Cook
To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
I'm cooking bangers and mash.
He's in the kitchen, cooking.
Warm
Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused
A warm temper.
Cook
(intransitive) To be cooked.
The dinner is cooking on the stove.
Warm
Predominantly red or yellow in tone
A warm sunset.
Cook
To be uncomfortably hot.
Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.
Warm
Recently made; fresh
A warm trail.
Cook
(slang) To execute by electric chair.
Warm
Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.
Cook
To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
I always cook my frags, in case they try to grab one and throw it back.
Warm
(Informal) Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance
Things are warm for the bookies.
Cook
To concoct or prepare.
Warm
To raise slightly in temperature; make warm
Warmed the rolls a bit more.
Warm up the house.
Cook
To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
Warm
To make zealous or ardent; enliven.
Cook
To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
Watch this band: they cook!
Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!
Warm
To fill with pleasant emotions
We were warmed by the sight of home.
Cook
To play music vigorously.
On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!
Warm
To become warm
The rolls are warming in the oven.
Cook
To make the noise of the cuckoo.
Warm
To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated
Began to warm to the subject.
Cook
To throw.
Warm
To become kindly disposed or friendly
She felt the audience warming to her.
Cook
To make the noise of the cuckoo.
Constant cuckoos cook on every side.
Warm
A warming or heating.
Cook
To throw.
Warm
Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
The tea is still warm.
This is a very warm room.
Cook
To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
Warm
Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
We have a warm friendship.
Cook
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.
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.
Warm
Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
Cook
To prepare food for the table.
Warm
Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
Cook
One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
Warm
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
Cook
A fish, the European striped wrasse.
Warm
(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
A warm piano sound
Cook
Someone who cooks food
Warm
(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
A warm debate, with strong words exchanged
Cook
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
Warm
Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
Cook
Prepare a hot meal;
My husband doesn't cook
Warm
(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
Cook
Prepare for eating by applying heat;
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
Warm
(transitive) To make or keep warm.
Cook
Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating;
These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes
Warm
(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
My socks are warming by the fire.
The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
Cook
Transform by heating;
The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle
Warm
Sometimes in the form warm up To favour increasingly.
He is warming to the idea.
Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
Cook
Fake or falsify;
Fudge the figures
Cook the books
Falsify the data
Warm
(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.
Warm
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
Warm
To beat or spank.
Warm
To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
Warm
(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
Warm
Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Warm and still is the summer night.
Warm
Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
Warm
Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
Warm
Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad mouths at.
I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
Warm
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
Warm
Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
Warm householders, every one of them.
You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
Warm
In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," children say at blindman's buff.
Warm
Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; - said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
Warm
To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
Enough to warm, but not enough to burn.
Warm
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.
Warm
To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
There shall not be a coal to warm at.
Warm
To become ardent or animated; as, the speake warms as he proceeds.
Warm
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.
Warm
Get warm or warmer;
The soup warmed slowly on the stove
Warm
Make warm or warmer;
The blanket will warm you
Warm
Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat;
A warm body
A warm room
A warm climate
A warm coat
Warm
Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive;
A warm greeting
A warm personality
Warm support
Warm
(color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows;
Warm reds and yellows and orange
Warm
Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace
Warm
Freshly made or left;
A warm trail
The scent is warm
Warm
Easily aroused or excited;
A quick temper
A warm temper
Warm
Characterized by strong enthusiasm;
Ardent revolutionaries
Warm support
Warm
Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement;
A warm debate
Warm
Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble;
Made things warm for the bookies
Warm
Of a seeker; near to the object sought;
You're getting warm
Hot on the trail
Warm
In a warm manner;
Warmly dressed
Warm-clad skiers
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