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to bake

to bake

52 2.1
To feel very hot in strong sun or heat
  • verb
  • /beɪk/
translation icon : asarse
  • Sure, we take off, and you can spend a whole month baking in the sun, and get the most fantastic tan ever.

OK, don't mind me, I am just going to chill here and bake.

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Examples

  • Where the summer sun bakes and bleaches the stone, where the birds land, rest, and sing.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A sea of sun-baked faces, virtually as far as the eye can see.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I was just in the suit baking in the sun.

  • On both sides of the road, fields of strawberries baked in the sun.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The sidewalks baked, drawing moisture out of the mouths of every living thing.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Her skin reddened and felt like it was being baked into a pink enamel glaze.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • During the rainy season, the garbage is soaked by tropical rain and then baked under the equatorial sun.

    Academic text (2002)

  • We spent the afternoon baking in the sun at the beach.

  • After two hours of hiking in the heat, I felt like I was baking alive.

  • The children were baking under the strong sunlight during the picnic.

Synonyms

to fry
vsto bake
  • Informal
84 3.9

Become very hot from strong sun or heat

is the neutral term for feeling very hot under strong heat
to overheat
vsto bake
50 3.7

Make something too hot so it can be damaged

is about feeling very hot without implying harm or damage
to broil
vsto bake
  • US
3 4.4

To feel very hot because of strong sun or heat

is less extreme meaning very hot rather than extremely hot

Antonyms

to cool
256 1.0

To make or become less warm

to chill
84 1.0

To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge

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 Hot

to swelter
20 6.9
to bake
52 2.1
to hot
2 1.0

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

The word bake can also mean 'to feel very hot'. This sense comes from the cooking picture—being in strong sun is like being put in an oven, so you are 'baking' and becoming very hot.