'Bake' definitions:
Definition of 'bake'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"
verb
Prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"
verb
Heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: broil, bake]
verb
Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat" [syn: bake, broil]
Definition of 'Bake'
From: GCIDE
- Bake \Bake\, v. i.
- 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bake'
From: GCIDE
- Bake \Bake\, n. The process, or result, of baking. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bake'
From: GCIDE
- Bake \Bake\ (b[=a]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baked (b[=a]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.] [AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baka, Dan. bage, Gr. fw`gein to roast.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To harden by cold. [1913 Webster]
- The earth . . . is baked with frost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bake'
From: Easton
- Bake The duty of preparing bread was usually, in ancient times, committed to the females or the slaves of the family (Gen. 18:6; Lev. 26:26; 1 Sam. 8:13); but at a later period we find a class of public bakers mentioned (Hos. 7:4, 6; Jer. 37:21).
- The bread was generally in the form of long or round cakes (Ex. 29:23; 1 Sam. 2:36), of a thinness that rendered them easily broken (Isa. 58:7; Matt. 14:19; 26:26; Acts 20:11). Common ovens were generally used; at other times a jar was half-filled with hot pebbles, and the dough was spread over them. Hence we read of "cakes baken on the coals" (1 Kings 19:6), and "baken in the oven" (Lev. 2:4). (See BREAD.)
Synonyms of 'bake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- barbecue,
- baste,
- be in heat,
- blanch,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- blot,
- boil,
- braise,
- brew,
- broil,
- brown,
- brush,
- burn,
- choke,
- coddle,
- combust,
- cook,
- cure,
- curry,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- devil,
- do,
- do to perfection,
- drain,
- dry,
- evaporate,
- exsiccate,
- fire,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fricassee,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- fry,
- gasp,
- glaze,
- glow,
- griddle,
- grill,
- heat,
- incandesce,
- insolate,
- kiln,
- melt,
- mold,
- mummify,
- oven-bake,
- pan,
- pan-broil,
- pant,
- parboil,
- parch,
- poach,
- pot,
- prepare,
- prepare food,
- radiate heat,
- roast,
- rub,
- saute,
- scald,
- scallop,
- scorch,
- sear,
- seethe,
- shape,
- shimmer with heat,
- shirr,
- shrivel,
- simmer,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- smother,
- soak up,
- spark,
- sponge,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stir-fry,
- suffocate,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- throw,
- toast,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- turn a pot,
- weazen,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen
Words containing 'Bake'
- Baked,
- Baking,
- Bakingly,
- Baking powder,
- baked alaska,
- baked egg,
- baked goods,
- baked potato,
- baking chocolate,
- baking hot,
- baking soda,
- baking tray,
- half baked,
- Baked-meat,
- Dough-baked,
- boston baked beans,
- half-baked,
- hard-baked,
- home-baked,
- baked-apple berry,
- baking-powder biscuit,
- twice-baked bread