bake
verb (used with object)
to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
are baking
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present progressiveof bake.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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Tasting the bakes, Lawson said the cookies had "too much cinnamon and bicarb", adding: "It's impossible to know what you are baking if you don't taste it."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Companies are baking quicker inflation and higher interest rates into forecasts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
At eight times sales and 300 million subscribers, though, Netflix shares are baking in rapid growth and sustainably high returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Now, they are baking as much as they can ahead of Friday’s opening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
While they are baking, boil the rice and milk together till the rice is soft and the milk absorbed.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
