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Meaning of 'bake' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bake [ n.]
- The process, or result, of baking.
2 . Bake [ v. i.]
- To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
- To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
3 . Bake [ 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.
- To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
- To harden by cold.

Meaning of 'bake' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bake [ v]
Meaning (1):
- prepare with dry heat in an oven
Example in sentence:
  • bake a cake
Meaning (2):
- cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
Example in sentence:
  • bake the potatoes
Meaning (3):
- heat by a natural force
Example in sentence:
  • The sun broils the valley in the summer
Meaning (4):
- be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
Example in sentence:
  • the tourists were baking in the heat;
  • The town was broiling in the sun

Nearby Words:

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