Bake
/beɪk/
verbBeginnerVery CommonGeneral
Idiom
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Definitions
1
To cook food by dry heat in an oven.
/beɪk/
verbneutralBeginner
General
To cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
She baked a delicious apple pie.
💡 Simply: To cook in an oven.
More Examples
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The bread is baking in the oven.
How It's Used
Culinary
"I'm going to bake a cake for my friend's birthday."
Home Economics
"We learned how to bake bread in our cooking class."
Idioms & expressions
bake someone in the sun
To stay in the sun for a long period and become very warm
"I spent the afternoon baking in the sun at the beach."
From Old English *bǣcan, meaning "to cook by dry heat."
The word 'bake' has been used in English since the Old English period, consistently referring to cooking with dry heat.
Memory tip
Think of the heat in an oven 'baking' the food.
Practice
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