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caked

  • past participle of cake.
  • past tense form of cake.

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Footage of the five men shot on Wednesday showed them miserable and caked in mud, telling rescuers they were suffering chest pains and starving hungry.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Over the weekend, Santa Barbara County’s roads were caked with mud and trees were uprooted amid heavy rain, but no major injuries were reported.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

When discovered by a police officer with a metal detector on a cold November morning last year, the iPad was found caked in mud having been underwater for more than five years.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2025

His feet were freezing, and his Santa beard was caked with snow.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

Her breath soon melted the ice that caked her clothes, and she began to shake.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver