Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Fire
Fire verb - To set (something) on fire.
Usage example: lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Survivorman, on the other hand, focuses on surviving the wilderness, so Les has time to build a fire and cook any food he's found, as he tends to stay in one location longer than Bear.
Source: Eat That - At one point, she attempts to cook a block of ramen in the same manner as fried eggs (by plopping it in a frying pan), and ends up setting a fire.
Source: One-Note Cook -
So you can know what fire is and even use it to cook your food, but to actually understand the nature of fire and how it can be converted into candlelight will come later.
Source: Ice-Cream Koan
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