Main Entry: ¹bake

Pronunciation: \ˈbāk\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): baked; bak·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bacan; akin to Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek phōgein to roast

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb 1 : to cook (as food) by dry heat especially in an oven
2 : to dry or harden by subjecting to heatintransitive verb 1 : to prepare food by baking it
2 : to become baked
3 : to be or become extremely hot <sidewalks baking in the sun>

— bak·er noun