bake
[beyk]
- to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- to harden by heat: to bake pottery in a kiln.
- to dry by, or subject to heat: The sun baked the land.
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- to bake bread, a casserole, etc.
- to become baked: The cake will bake in about half an hour.
- to be subjected to heat: The lizard baked on the hot rocks.
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- a social occasion at which the chief food is baked.
- Scot. cracker(def 1).
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- bake in/into,
- Computers.to incorporate (a feature) as part of a system or piece of software or hardware while it is still in development: The location-tracking service is baked in the new app. Security features come baked into the operating system.
- to include as an inseparable or permanent part: Baked into the price of the product is the cost of advertising.
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Origin of bake
before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan, past participle bōc baked; cognate with Old High German bahhan, past buoh, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek phṓgein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-
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Examples from the Web for bake
Contemporary Examples
Divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Bake on the center rack of the oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until set.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the juices are bubbly and the topping is browned.
Defrost overnight in the refrigerator (if frozen) and bake before serving.
Historical Examples
Add the flavoring, turn into a pan, and bake for about 40 minutes.
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Bake until the kisses are dry and then remove them from the oven.
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Brush with milk, dredge with sugar, and bake for about 1/2 hour.
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How long the bread should bake depends on the size of the loaf.
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Bake for an hour or more, according to the size of the loaves.
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bake
- (tr) to cook by dry heat in or as if in an oven
- (intr) to cook bread, pastry, etc, in an oven
- to make or become hardened by heat
- (intr) informal to be extremely hot, as in the heat of the sun
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- US a party at which the main dish is baked
- a batch of things baked at one time
- Scot a kind of biscuit
- Caribbean a small flat fried cake
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Word Origin
Old English bacan; related to Old Norse baka, Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek phōgein to parch, roast
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Word Origin and History for bake
v.
Old English bacan "to bake," from Proto-Germanic *bakanan (cf. Old Norse baka, Middle Dutch backen, Old High German bahhan, German backen), from PIE *bheg- "to warm, roast, bake" (cf. Greek phogein "to roast"), from root *bhe- "to warm" (see bath). Related: Baked (Middle English had baken); baking. Baked beans attested by 1803.
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n.
"social gathering at which baked food is served," 1846, American English, from bake (v.).
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