Bake | Mean of bake in English Dictionary

/ˈbeɪk/

• Verb
• to make (food, such as bread and cake) by preparing a dough, batter, etc., and cooking it in an oven using dry heat
1. I baked you a cake. = I baked a cake for you.
2. freshly baked bread [=bread that was baked recently]
3. He likes to bake. = He enjoys baking. [=he likes making pies, muffins, cookies, etc.]
• to cook (food) in an oven using dry heat
1. Bake [=roast] the chicken for 30 minutes.
2. baked potatoes
3. She wrapped the fish in foil and baked it for 15 minutes.
4. Wrap the fish in foil and bake for 15 minutes.
• to be cooked in an oven
1. The turkey has been baking [=roasting] for an hour.
2. How long has the cake been baking?

• to make (something, such as clay or mud) dry and hard by using heat
1. They baked the bricks in the sun.
• to be or become very hot
1. The streets were baking in the afternoon heat.
2. We stood baking [=sweltering] under the hot desert sun.