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Webster 1913 Edition
Bake
Bake
(bāk)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Baked
(bākt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Baking
.] [AS.
bacan
; akin to D. bakken
, OHG. bacchan
, G. backen
, Icel. & Sw. baka
, Dan. bage
, Gr. φώγειν
to roast.] 1.
To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal;
as, to
. bake
bread, meat, apples☞ Baking is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed.
2.
To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat,
as, to
. bake
bricks; the sun bakes
the ground3.
To harden by cold.
The earth . . . is
baked
with frost. Shakespeare
They
bake
their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser.
Bake
,Verb.
I.
1.
To do the work of baking something;
as, she brews, washes, and
. bakes
Shak.
2.
To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat;
as, the bread
. bakes
; the ground bakes
in the hot sunBake
,Noun.
The process, or result, of baking.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bake
BAKE
, v.t.14
1.
To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place heated; as, to bake bread.2.
To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln or furnace, or by the solar rays; as, to bake bricks; to bake the ground.BAKE
,Verb.
I.
2.
To be baked; to dry and harden in heat; as, the bread bakes, the ground bakes in a hot sun.