bake

verb

cook in an oven
create via heat

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /beɪk/ / /bæɪk/ / /bek/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₃g- Proto-Germanic *bakaną Proto-West Germanic *bakan Old English bacan Middle English baken English bake From Middle English baken, from Old English bacan (“to bake”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g- (“to roast, bake”). Cognate with West Frisian bakke (“to bake”), Dutch bakken (“to bake”), Low German backen (“to bake”), German backen (“to bake”), Norwegian Bokmål bake (“to bake”), Danish bage (“to bake”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish baka (“to bake”), Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, “roast”, verb).

The act of cooking food by baking.
“Taking one of her cakes or a tray of biscuits from the oven always gives her satisfaction and a moment of pride; that is, of course, unless there happens to be some little element that doesn't please her with the bake.”
Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
“A fish bake made with cod chunks, sliced parboiled potatoes, […]”
“If you happen to have small, heat-proof glass or ceramic pots in your kitchen (known as ramekins) then you can make this very easy pasta bake in fun-size, individual portions.”
Any food item that is baked, such as a pastry.
“bake pan”
“Baking parchment should not be confused with greaseproof paper — the former has a non-stick coating and will ensure that your bakes lift out of the tin or off the baking sheets easily, the latter will have the opposite effect!”
A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
“The central episode is the temporary burial of the novitiate; a shallow pit is excavated, and in this a fire is made, as for a fish bake; […]”
“I am about to launch a scheme for our local to invest a few dollars in a spot where the boys will know where to find company and pass a few hours or a week-end out in the fresh air and partake of shrimp bakes or fish fries and so forget the on-creeping years.”
A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten mainly in Barbados, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or sometimes roasted).
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verb

To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.
“I baked a delicious cherry pie.”
“She's been baking all day to prepare for the dinner.”
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.
“The cake baked at 350°F.”
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.
“In some cultures, it is expected that a proper housewife should bake.”
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.
“Disagreements between pilots' unions are baked into the merger cake.”
“Many of the causes of governmental dysfunction are simply baked into the cake of American politics and will never change.”
To heat or dry.
“The clay baked in the sun.”
To heat or dry.
“They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture.”
To heat or dry.
“It is baking in the greenhouse.”
“I'm baking after that workout in the gym.”
To heat or dry.
“My dad told me about his days in the Navy: He'd agreed to be a guinea pig in exchange for a shorter enlistment. […] They baked him in the sun.”
To harden by cold.
“The earth […] is baked with frost.”
“They bake their sides vppon the cold, hard stone.”
To harden by cold.
“(Let's bake tonight.)”
To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.