baked 1 of 2

baked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for baked
Adjective
  • The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Global Fashion Agenda, that is the equivalent of a garbage truck full of clothing being incinerated or sent to a landfill every second.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In the past decade, California’s most destructive fires incinerated more than fifty-seven thousand homes, commercial properties, and other structures.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though only an hour north of Dallas, the area looks nothing like the city’s flat and sunbaked landscape.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The sunbaked air smells like creosote.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The parched air, the strange sounds, the relentless wind rocking the trailer like a mechanical bull.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters.
    Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Flames from the crash, shortly before sundown after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, ignited a string of fires in an industrial corridor adjacent to the airport, forcing authorities to halt flight operations through the night, officials said.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The texts ignited a scandal that drew bipartisan condemnation.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • No chills, only thrills this Halloween as Phoenix is in for a warm, breezy and bone-dry holiday evening.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Stephen Freeland’s pumpkins are growing in 14 acres of bone-dry soil.
    Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Swinging from the overhanging branches and darting through the woods, the animals were heading toward a nearby housing project, their pink faces lit with glee.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Bailey lit the Yellow Jackets up through the air, completing 24 of 32 attempts for 340 yards and two touchdowns.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.
    Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baked. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on baked

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!