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Pronunciation : Bake
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baca, Dan. bage, Gr.
Definition : 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.

Note: 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. Shak. They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser.

t. [imp.& p. p. Baked; p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bake
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bake
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The process, or result, of baking.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913