baked

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Variant of bake

bake definition

bake (bāk)

transitive verb baked, baking bak′·ing

  1. to cook (food) by dry heat, esp. in an oven
  2. to make dry and hard by heat; fire (bricks, earthenware, etc.)
  3. to expose (oneself) to the rays of the sun, a lamp, etc.
  4. Obsolete to harden or cake

Etymology: ME baken < OE bacan < IE *bhog- < base *bhe-, to warm, bake > bath, Gr phōgein, to roast

intransitive verb

  1. to bake bread, pastry, etc.
  2. to become baked
  3. to become dry and hard in the sun: said of soil

noun

  1. the act of baking
  2. a product of baking
  3. ☆ a social affair at which a certain kind of food, often baked, is served
  4. Scot. a cracker

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

baked Synonyms

baked

modif.

parched, scorched, dried, toasted, warmed, heated, cooked, grilled, burned, charred, roasted, incinerated.


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