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