different between cooked vs cooking

English

Etymology

From the past tense of the verb cook

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

cooked (comparative more cooked, superlative most cooked)

1. Of food, that has been prepared by cooking.
2. (computing, slang, of an MP3 audio file) Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.
3. (of accounting records, intelligence) Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
4. (slang) Done in, exhausted, pooped.
5. (slang) Done in, defeated, hopeless.

Antonyms

• raw
• uncooked

Derived terms

• cooked mode

Translations

See also

• cook the books

Verb

cooked

1. simple past tense and past participle of cook

English

Etymology

From cook +? -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
   1. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.

      My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.

      I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
   2. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

      What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

Synonyms

• (skill or style of food preparation): See culinary art

Derived terms

• cooking oil

Translations

Adjective

cooking (not comparable)

1. (informal) In progress, happening.

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

Verb

cooking

1. present participle of cook