S: (v) choose, take, select, pick out (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives) "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
S: (v) cull out, winnow (select desirable parts from a group or list) "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
S: (v) assign, specify, set apart (select something or someone for a specific purpose) "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
S: (v) single out (select from a group) "She was singled out for her outstanding performance"
S: (v) think of (choose in one's mind) "Think of any integer between 1 and 25"
S: (v) adopt, follow, espouse (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans) "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
S: (v) screen, screen out, sieve, sort (examine in order to test suitability) "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
S: (v) vote in (elect in a voting process) "They voted in Clinton"
S: (v) elect (select by a vote for an office or membership) "We elected him chairman of the board"
S: (v) nominate, propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position) "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
S: (v) vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote) "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
S: (v) 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"
W: (n) cooking [Related to: cook] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
W: (n) cookery [Related to: cook] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
W: (n) preparation [Related to: prepare] (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
S: (v) fix (influence an event or its outcome by illegal means) "fix a race"
S: (v) situate, fix, posit, deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly) "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
S: (v) fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc) "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"