Word Direct Answers

What does "bake" mean?

Bake: To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To harden by cold. The earth . . . is baked with frost. Shak. They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser.
  2. 3.To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak.
  3. 4.To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
  4. 5.The process, or result, of baking.

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