Bake has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Noun
1
The act of cooking food by baking.
"She decided to bake a cake for the party."
In plain English: A bake is a type of cake that has been baked and then decorated with icing, often sold at events for people to buy or bid on.
"The fresh bake from the bakery filled the entire street with an amazing smell."
Verb
1
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
"bake the potatoes"
2
prepare with dry heat in an oven
"bake a cake"
3
heat by a natural force
"The sun broils the valley in the summer"
4
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"
5
To cook (something) in an oven.
"She baked a cake using her family's old recipe."
In plain English: To bake is to cook food by heating it inside an oven until it becomes firm and ready to eat.
"She decided to bake cookies for her friends' party."
Example Sentences
"The fresh bake from the bakery filled the entire street with an amazing smell."
noun
"The fresh bake from the oven smelled like cinnamon and sugar."
noun
"She saved a warm piece of yesterday's bake for her lunch."
noun
"There is still time to make one last bake before closing shop."
noun
"She decided to bake cookies for her friends' party."
verb
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Origin
The word "bake" comes from Old English bacan, which traces its roots back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to roast or bake." It shares this ancient origin with many other Germanic languages like Dutch and German, as well as the Ancient Greek verb for roasting.