Meaning & use
cooked
Prepared for eating by the application of heat, such as boiling, baking, or frying.
See it in a sentence
The chicken needs to be fully cooked before you add it to the salad.
She served the vegetables lightly cooked so they still had some crunch.
A note on using this word
In informal slang, cooked can also mean someone is in serious trouble or certain to fail, as in 'if the boss finds out, I'm cooked.'
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Informal: in a hopeless or extremely difficult situation, with little chance of avoiding failure.
If we miss this deadline too, the whole team is cooked.
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