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bake

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verb (used with object)

baked, baking.

to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
to harden by heat:
to bake pottery in a kiln.
to dry by, or subject to heat:
The sun baked the land.

verb (used without object)

baked, baking.

to bake bread, a casserole, etc.
to become baked:
The cake will bake in about half an hour.
to be subjected to heat:
The lizard baked on the hot rocks.

noun

a social occasion at which the chief food is baked.
Scot. cracker ( def 1 ).

verb phrase

1. Computers. to incorporate (a feature) as part of a system or piece of software or hardware while it is still in development:
  The location-tracking service is baked in the new app.
  Security features come baked into the operating system.
2. to include as an inseparable or permanent part:
  Baked into the price of the product is the cost of advertising.

bake

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verb

tr to cook by dry heat in or as if in an oven
intr to cook bread, pastry, etc, in an oven
to make or become hardened by heat
informal.
intr to be extremely hot, as in the heat of the sun

noun

a party at which the main dish is baked
a batch of things baked at one time
a kind of biscuit
a small flat fried cake

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan; cognate with Old High German bahhan, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek ��ṓg�𾱲� “to roast”; from Proto-Indo-European extended root bhēg-, bhōg- “to warm, roast”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

Old English bacan ; related to Old Norse baka , Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek ��ō��𾱲� to parch, roast

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“We stayed together. We cooked together, we baked bread together,” he said.

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The chocolate digestive was launched about a quarter of a century after the plain variety, whose name was inspired by the belief that the baking powder in the recipe would help with digestion.

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Complexity is baked into the institution, and even before I left the faith, I had complicated thoughts and feelings about it.

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"We want to make sure customers have everything they need to enjoy or elevate their cannabis experience.Snacks are a big part of that. They’re baked into the culture, into the vibe."

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On her next creation, Miyo said: "I'm always interested in combining both Western and Japanese cultures in my baking... I'm experimenting all of the time."

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