bake
verb (used with object)
to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
am baking
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present progressiveof bake (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But thanks to my daughter’s expertise, I am baking cupcakes.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2021
I cut a hole in the bottom of one, turn it upside down over the pie I am baking, and the crust will not burn.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2016
"Often," said he, and made Julienne laugh, "my mountain smokes like Vesuvius, and bathing-guests look up, and apprehend something, but it is only because I am baking my bread up here."
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
I am baking it in a pie-dish—a pie- dish with a pink rim.
From A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Potter, Beatrix
Here are his six chapaties of flour that I am baking.
From Adventures in Many Lands by Gillett, F.
