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to bake

to bake

388 1.0
To cook food in an oven with dry heat
  • verb
  • /beɪk/
translation icon : hornear
  • "I've got the first loaves baking now, and we just churned some fresh butter."
  • bake bread
  • bake a cake
  • bake a pie

Fry, roast, and bake with little or no oil.

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Examples

  • Looks like a lovely pecan pie baked by Suzanne Belreve, a sixth grader from Natchitoches.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • This may be going overboard, but I baked him a cake.

    Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

  • And then after we bake them, cut them open and guess what?

    Rosanna Pansino

  • Who knew you could bake a cake with coffee grounds?

    ZOE

  • I'll bake you a cake and bring it to you in prison.

    Ezra (2024)

  • What's your favorite thing to bake at Christmas time?

    Zoella

  • You bake pies from scratch, June.

    Deadfall (2012)

  • I don't know if any of you have ever baked bread from scratch.

    Honor Society (2022)

  • Aromas of fresh coffee, exotic spices, and freshly baked bread pervade the air.

    Academic text (2000)

  • On Sundays, I like to bake fresh bread in the oven for breakfast.

Synonyms

to cook
vsto bake
∞ 1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

is specifically the dry heat method used mainly in an oven
to roast
vsto bake
172 1.0

To cook food using dry heat in an oven or over a fire

is used broadly for many foods especially in an oven
to bake up
vsto bake
1 2.2

Make food in an oven like cakes or bread in a quick new way

is the standard dry heat method used generally in an oven

Antonyms

raw
353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

to undercook
8 2.7

Cook food for too short a time so it is not fully done or safe to eat

Phrasal Verbs

to bake bread
7 1.1

To make bread by cooking dough in an oven

to bake up
1 2.2

Make food in an oven like cakes or bread in a quick new way

Compounds

bake sale
  • US
37 1.7

An event where people sell cakes or cookies to raise money for a cause

Great British Bake Off
1 3.5

A British TV show where amateur bakers compete in weekly baking challenges

perfect bake
3.1

A baked item cooked just right so it has the best texture, taste, and look

How Cooked

to burn
∞ 1.0
to overcook
13 1.0
to bake
388 1.0
to undercook
8 2.7

Surface Forms

bake infinitive
baked past
baked past participle
baking present participle
bakes third person singular

Etymology

The word bake comes from an old German word that meant 'to cook by dry heat', and the same root appears in baker and bakery. So to bake is to cook food with dry heat, like inside an oven.