Cake | Mean of cake in English Dictionary

/ˈkeɪk/

• Noun
• a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients (such as eggs and butter)
1. I made/baked three cakes for the party.
2. He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
3. a wedding cake
4. a slice/piece of chocolate cake
5. (US) a cake pan = (Brit) a cake tin
6. cake mix [=a combination of all the dry ingredients needed to make a cake]
• a mixture of food that has been shaped into a ball or a flat round shape and baked or fried
1. crab/clam/rice cakes
2. potato cakes
• something that is shaped like a rectangular block
1. a cake of soap = a soap cake

• something that is very easy to do
1. That test was cake.
• a portion or share of something
1. My business partner agreed to split the profits equally, but I know he wanted a bigger slice of the cake. [=piece/slice/share of the pie]
• to have or enjoy the good parts of something without having or dealing with the bad parts
1. They seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too by having excellent schools for their son without paying high taxes.
• to win the prize in a contest
1. You've done some silly things, but this one really takes the cake! [=(Brit) takes the biscuit] [=this is the silliest thing you have ever done]
• Verb
• to cover something with an outer layer that becomes hard as it dries
1. Mud was caked all over the sides of his truck. = The sides of his truck were caked [=covered] in/with mud.
• to become dry and hard
1. The mud had caked on his boots.