Définitions
1.VerbTo eliminate by cooking."You have to cook off the excess liquid."
2.VerbTo heat alcohol in preparation for distilling liquor.
3.VerbTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.
4.VerbAs above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates.
5.VerbTo cause an accidental detonation of explosives due to excess heat.
6.VerbTo accidentally detonate as the result of excess heat.
7.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, off."Make sure you cook off all the juices before you turn the heat down."