Definition of Bake

1. Verb. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven. "The chefs bake the vegetables"; "Bake the potatoes"

Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Specialized synonyms: Ovenbake, Fire, Shirr
Generic synonyms: Cook
Derivative terms: Baking

2. Verb. Prepare with dry heat in an oven. "Bake a cake"
Generic synonyms: Create From Raw Material, Create From Raw Stuff
Derivative terms: Baker, Baker, Baking

3. Verb. Heat by a natural force. "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
Exact synonyms: Broil
Generic synonyms: Heat, Heat Up

4. Verb. Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun. "The tourists were baking in the heat"
Exact synonyms: Broil
Generic synonyms: Be

Definition of Bake

1. 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.

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

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

Definition of Bake

1. Verb. (transitive ergative) To cook (something) in an oven, but not in fat. Compare roast. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To dry by heat. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive figuratively) (Of a person, the weather, or an object:) To be hot. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become baked. ¹

5. Verb. (slang intransitive) To smoke marijuana. ¹

6. Noun. (UK NZ) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole. ¹

7. Noun. The act of cooking food by baking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bake

1. to prepare food in an oven [v BAKED, BAKING, BAKES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bake

bajillion
bajillions
bajocco
bajoccos
bajra
bajras
bajree
bajrees
bajri
bajris
baju
bajus
bakable
bakaw
bakchoi
bake (current term)
bake-off
bake-offs
bake sale
bake sales
bake up
bakeable
bakeapple
bakeapples
baked
baked-apple berry
baked Alaska
baked bean
baked beans
baked egg

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