How to sign: prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please";
Similiar / Same: ready, cook, make
Categories: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Within this category: concoct, devil, dress, lard, precook, preserve, put on, whip up
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: gear up, ready, set up
Categories: alter, change, modify
Within this category: brace, cram, cultivate, fix, mount, precondition, prime, provide, set up, socialize, summerize, winterize