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baking

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 heat intransitive 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

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