bake
verb (used with object)
to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
baked
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past participleof bake.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bake.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bakeverb (used with object)to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
Example Sentences
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But if you do binge the series first, watching it will be like “getting 24 consecutive deliveries of perfectly baked Parisian pastry.”
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
And the worse the Netflix originals get, the clearer it becomes that artistic inferiority has been baked into the company’s business model.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Every element—the reverence for ingredients and the literary references baked into the plating—was unmistakably, deeply Chinese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
We’re having salmon that he baked in the oven, with a side of potatoes and broccoli.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
