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bake

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noun

The act of cooking food by baking.

Examples :

"The delicious aroma of the bread bake filled the kitchen. "

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Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.

Examples :

"My mom made a delicious bake for dinner tonight, a kind of hearty vegetable casserole. "

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A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.

Examples :

"The school bake was a great success, with delicious seafood baked in foil packets. "

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(Barbadian, sometimes US and UK) A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted).

Examples :

"For breakfast, they had a delicious bake, which was similar to a pancake but fried. "

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Any item that is baked.

Examples :

"The bakery's best bake, a chocolate chip cookie, was my favorite treat. "

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(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

Examples :

"I baked a delicious cherry pie."

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(with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

Examples :

"The cake baked at 350°F."

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To be warmed to drying and hardening.

Examples :

"The clay baked in the sun."

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To dry by heat.

Examples :

"They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture."

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To be hot.

Examples :

"The oven is baking hot. "

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To cause to be hot.

Examples :

"The oven heats up quickly, baking the pizza to a crisp. "

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To smoke marijuana.

Examples :

"I heard some kids were planning to bake tonight after school. "

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To harden by cold.

Examples :

"The clay pot was left outside to bake in the freezing weather. "

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To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.

Examples :

"The graphic designer baked the lighting on the character model to make the game run faster. "

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(with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.

Examples :

"The chef baked his expertise into the cake recipe. "

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