The Clue
Captain James of the high seas (4 letter answer)
The Answer
COOK
Tags
Notes
The answer COOK is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
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Definition
COOK as a noun:
1. someone who cooks food
2. (Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook) = English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
COOK as a verb:
1. prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
2. (cook, fix, ready, make, prepare) = prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
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. (fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent) = fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"