caked

verb

past tense of cake
as in smeared
to cover with a hardened layer shoes caked with dried mud

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Recent Examples of caked Holden’s vignettes are caked in grime and emerge at a reckless pace. — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 The army has published footage of rescues via helicopter, and of people being pulled out of the hydropower tunnels, completely caked in mud. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 This time there’s a different stock photo of the mountain, now caked with snow. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026 Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. — Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The dogs arrived caked in filth and reeking of urine, so bathing them became an early priority. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 Cambridge City streets remained submerged in water Thursday or were otherwise caked in mud, said Oliver. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Hancock recommends using a gritty baking soda paste to scrub plant pots and gardening tools that have soil or debris caked on. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caked
  1. smeared
  2. crusted
  3. encrusted
  4. coated
  5. covered
Verb
  • Apparently, ancient Greeks used breadsticks smeared with olive oil as a lubricant.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Her makeup, crafted by Diana Shin, was equally as striking and overtly feminine, featuring pink shadow smeared in her crease, shimmer on her lids, falsies glued to her top lash line and burgundy lip liner accenting her lips.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of smeared
Verb
  • Minimize direct exposure while your skin is red, peeling, swollen, crusted, or otherwise healing.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of crusted
Verb
  • Paris Texas’ spring 2027 collection, presented in Milan, is betting big on statement wedge styles, including the Wanda encrusted with crystals and the Romy featuring a cork wedge with a galvanized gold finish.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • On their way to the Bahamas in 1940, where the duke would serve as governor, Simpson sported one of her new creations, a blazing Cartier flamingo brooch, encrusted with diamonds, emeralds, citrines, rubies, and sapphires.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of encrusted
Verb
  • Toss until evenly coated, check the seasoning and adjust as necessary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The scientific payoff that followed included remote-sensing work that confirmed Bennu's surface is coated in carbon-bearing compounds.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • But the scenes — his body covered in medical equipment, his limbs not moving, his teammates down on a knee — certainly created cause for concern.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The still-pristine white marble stone stood out compared to the neighboring grave, holding Bailey’s sister Eliza, covered in grime and moss collected over the decades.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of covered

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“Caked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caked. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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