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Definition bake in British English

bake verb

verb
/beɪk/
1

to make bread, cakes etc using an oven

Example

I'm baking a cake for Tom's birthday.

Example

Grandma always baked on Saturday.

Synonyms and related words
bake bakery crust bake beat blanch
1.1

to cook food in an oven

Example

Bake the fish for about ten minutes.

Example

a baked apple

Synonyms and related words
bake barbecue baste
1.2

food that is baking is being cooked in an oven

Example

We could smell the bread baking.

Synonyms and related words
bake barbecue baste
2

to use heat to make something hard

Example

The sun had baked the red earth.

Synonyms and related words
atomise atomize bake
2.1

to become hard after being heated

Synonyms and related words
atomise atomize bake
3

to be very hot

Example

It's baking in here! Can I open a window?

Synonyms and related words
the warm hot burning
4

if an attitude or habit is baked in, it is fixed and not easily changed

Example

The open worldview is baked in, it is not a function of life stage.

Definition bake in British English