bake

[bake]

To bake something is to cook it in a hot oven. When you bake a batch of blueberry muffins, your whole house smells delicious.

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To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

Verb
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"

Verb
heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"

Verb
prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"


v. t.
To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

v. t.
To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

v. t.
To harden by cold.

v. i.
To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.

v. i.
To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

n.
The process, or result, of baking.


Bake

Bake , v. t. [imp.& p. p. Baked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.] [AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baca, Dan. bage, Gr. to roast.] 1. To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples. &hand; Baking is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed. 2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. 3. To harden by cold.
The earth . . . is baked with frost.
They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.

Bake

Bake, v. i. 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak. 2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

Bake

Bake, n. The process, or result, of baking.

To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.

The process, or result, of baking.

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Usage Examples

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

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Other Usage Examples

I get really cool gifts, and I know this sounds really lame, but I think one of the best gifts I've ever received was the Easy Bake Oven when I was younger. When I was little, I loved to bake! I want to get one now so I can make weird mini desserts for people.

I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.

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