bake

[ beyk ]

verb (used with object)

, baked, bak·ing.

1. to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
2. to harden by heat:

   to bake pottery in a kiln.

3. to dry by, or subject to heat:

   The sun baked the land.

verb (used without object)

, baked, bak·ing.

1. to bake bread, a casserole, etc.
2. to become baked:

   The cake will bake in about half an hour.

3. to be subjected to heat:

   The lizard baked on the hot rocks.

noun

1. a social occasion at which the chief food is baked.
2. Scot. cracker ( def 1 ).

verb phrase

1. 1. Computers. to incorporate (a feature) as part of a system or piece of software or hardware while it is still in development:

      The location-tracking service is baked in the new app.

      Security features come baked into the operating system.

   2. to include as an inseparable or permanent part:

      Baked into the price of the product is the cost of advertising.

bake

/ beɪk /

verb

1. tr to cook by dry heat in or as if in an oven
2. intr to cook bread, pastry, etc, in an oven
3. to make or become hardened by heat
4. informal.
   intr to be extremely hot, as in the heat of the sun

noun

1. a party at which the main dish is baked
2. a batch of things baked at one time
3. a kind of biscuit
4. a small flat fried cake

Other Words From

• outbake verb (used with object) outbaked outbaking
• over·bake verb overbaked overbaking
• pre·bake verb prebaked prebaking
• re·bake verb (used with object) rebaked rebaking
• un·baked adjective
• under·bake verb (used with object) underbaked underbaking
• well-baked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan; cognate with Old High German bahhan, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek phṓgein “to roast”; from Proto-Indo-European extended root bhēg-, bhōg- “to warm, roast”

Word History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

Old English bacan ; related to Old Norse baka , Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek phōgein to parch, roast

Example Sentences

Next to the pottery, the researchers found four lightly baked clay cylinders with what seems to be alphabetic writing on them.

From Science Daily

Kyle said he wanted to see evidence that tech firms were delivering suitable age verification for users, and that the sector was moving towards having "safety baked in from the outset."

From BBC

After confirming successful plant growth, the 'soil' was baked leaving only the glass with root cavities.

From Science Daily

This means any filling that has eggs in it and is being baked to set those eggs in order to thicken the filling.

From Salon

The other was another edition of a baking contest that featured a dirty turkey cake and one with a gaping orifice that spits stuffing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• heat
• melt
• simmer
• stew
• warm