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verb (used with object)
1.
to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
2.
to harden by heat: to bake pottery in a kiln.
3.
to dry by, or subject to heat: The sun baked the land.
verb (used without object)
4.
to bake bread, a casserole, etc.
5.
to become baked: The cake will bake in about half an hour.
6.
to be subjected to heat: The lizard baked on the hot rocks.
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Baked
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan, past participle bōc baked; cognate with Old High German bahhan, past buoh, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek phṓgein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-
before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan, past participle bōc baked; cognate with Old High German bahhan, past buoh, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek phṓgein to roast; < IE alternating base *bheHog-, bhəg-
Related forms
out·bake, verb (used with object), out·baked, out·bak·ing.
o·ver·bake, verb, o·ver·baked, o·ver·bak·ing.
pre·bake, verb, pre·baked, pre·bak·ing.
re·bake, verb (used with object), re·baked, re·bak·ing.
un·baked, adjective
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Word Origin & History
bake
O.E. bacan "to bake," from P.Gmc. *bakanan (cf. O.N. baka, M.Du. backen, O.H.G. bahhan, Ger. backen), from P.Gmc. *bakan "to bake," from PIE *bheg- "to warm, roast, bake" (cf. Gk. phogein "to roast"), from base *bhe- "to warm."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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