bake
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Is bake a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of bake?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive or intransitive or ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).Examples: "I baked a delicious cherry pie."; "She's been baking all day to prepare for the dinner."; "He baked her a cake."ditransitiveintransitivetransitive
2. (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.Examples: "The cake baked at 350°F."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To be warmed to drying and hardening.Examples: "The clay baked in the sun."intransitive
4. (transitive) To dry by heat.Examples: "They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture."transitive
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To be hot.Examples: "It is baking in the greenhouse."; "I'm baking after that workout in the gym."figurativelyintransitive
6. (transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.Examples: "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."figurativelytransitive
noun (English)
1. (especially UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.Examples: "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."AustraliaNew-ZealandUKespecially
2. (US) A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.Examples: "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."; "[…] also featured a fish bake, a dance, and a beach party[.]"US
3. (Barbados, sometimes US and UK) 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).Examples: "For quotations using this term, see Citations:bake."BarbadosUKUSsometimes
Definition source: Wiktionary