bake

[ beyk ]

/ beɪk /

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verb (used with object), baked, bak·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), baked, bak·ing.

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.

noun

a social occasion at which the chief food is baked.

Scot. cracker (def. 1).

Verb Phrases

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

First recorded before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan; cognate with Old High German bahhan, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek phṓgein “to roast”; from Proto-Indo-European extended root bhēg-, bhōg- “to warm, roast”

OTHER WORDS FROM bake

outbake, verb (used with object), out·baked, out·bak·ing.o·ver·bake, verb, o·ver·baked, o·ver·bak·ing.pre·bake, verb, pre·baked, pre·bak·ing.re·bake, verb (used with object), re·baked, re·bak·ing.

un·baked, adjectiveun·der·bake, verb (used with object), un·der·baked, un·der·bak·ing.well-baked, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for bake

This bake is right at home served alongside roasted poultry or meat, but it is so satisfying it also hits the spot in a larger portion as a meatless main dish.
This decadent quinoa bake is a clever way to reinvent leftover Thanksgiving vegetables|Ellie Krieger|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
As the fighting raged we sat and baked in the sun waiting to be brought closer.
Are American Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq?|Ford Sypher|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A spokeswoman adds that, in the baked flesh, it looks more like a lobster tail.
The Cronut Gives Way to the Penis Pretzel|Tim Teeman|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lakeside in Texas, baked by the heat, Louganis described how Red Bull got him to lend his credibility to the competition.
The World Series of Cliff Diving Takes Itself Very Seriously|Hampton Stevens|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By the time we got to the place on the hill, the sun had baked one side of the dog's coat so hot you could hardly touch him.
The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And no matter what else a person eats, it is de rigueur to get an order of baked macaroni and cheese on the side.
The Heart and Soul (Food) of Orlando|Jane & Michael Stern|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a quadrangular pyramid of baked brick, a stadium in height, and each of the sides a stadium in length.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
The woman went into the kitchen and baked the waffles; but when she came back to him again he was dead.
The Swedish Fairy Book|Various
M. Charvet more than once presented us with one of those pretty round loaves, which he kneaded and baked himself.
Six Women and the Invasion|Gabrielle Yerta
Run a teaspoon handle into the middle of it; if it comes out clean it is baked sufficiently.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Several days before Christmas, the whole farmhouse was scrubbed and cleaned, while bread was baked and ale brewed.
Our Little Finnish Cousin|Clara Vostrovsky Winlow

British Dictionary definitions for bake

bake

/ (beɪk) /

verb

(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

noun

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

Word Origin for bake

Old English bacan; related to Old Norse baka, Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek phōgein to parch, roast

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