Definition
• | To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples. |
• | To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. |
• | To harden by cold. |
• | To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. |
• | To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. |
• | The process, or result, of baking. |