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 The Hummer was found caked with mud, which Parker’s mother and sister said earlier this year was unusual and not from the driveway of the home that Parker shared with her mother. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 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
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
  • For the return of Victoria’s Secret’s pricey and gemstone-encrusted Fantasy Bra—the first time the brand has put it on its runway since 2018—team VS needed a model who is not merely of the moment, but transcends it.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of encrusted
Verb
  • Warhol’s Portrait of Michael Chow (1984) shows the restaurateur across two panels coated in the artist’s trademark diamond dust.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • It’s made from durable cast iron, and the interior is coated in enamel that erases the need for extra seasoning, according to the brand.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • Keep your fruit bowl covered and balcony doors closed—or risk bartering half a banana for your MacBook.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Their experiments covered micro-LED diameters ranging from 100 micrometers down to just 2 micrometers.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of covered

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“Caked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caked. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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