About The Word Bake
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Bake
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What's The Definition Of Bake?
[v] cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"
[v] heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [v] prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bake: broil Related Terms | Find terms related to Bake: 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 See Also | cook | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | fire | heat | heat up | ovenbake | shirr Bake In Webster's Dictionary \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. baca, Dan. bage, Gr. ? 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.
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.
2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to
bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
3. To harden by cold.
The earth . . . is baked with frost. --Shak.
They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.
--Spenser.
\Bake\, v. i. 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. --Shak. 2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. \Bake\, n. The process, or result, of baking. |
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