baked
Variant of bake
bake
definition
bake (bāk)
transitive verb baked, baking bak′·ing
- to cook (food) by dry heat, esp. in an oven
- to make dry and hard by heat; fire (bricks, earthenware, etc.)
- to expose (oneself) to the rays of the sun, a lamp, etc.
- Obsolete to harden or cake
Etymology: ME baken < OE bacan < IE *bhog- < base *bhe-, to warm, bake > bath, Gr phōgein, to roast
intransitive verb
- to bake bread, pastry, etc.
- to become baked
- to become dry and hard in the sun: said of soil
noun
- the act of baking
- a product of baking
- ☆ a social affair at which a certain kind of food, often baked, is served
- Scot. a cracker
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