bake

🇺🇸 /beɪk/ 🇬🇧 /beɪk/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
verb
B1

to cook food in an oven using dry heat

I will bake a cake for the party.

R

to become hard when heated; to make something hard by heating it

The clay pots need to bake in the kiln to become strong.

R

to be or become very hot

We had to bake in the hot sun all afternoon.

noun
R

a dish cooked in the oven

This potato bake is delicious and easy to make.

R

a social event where food is cooked and eaten

The community bake featured homemade pies and cakes.

translation

v. to cook food in an oven using dry heat; to become hard when heated; to make something hard by heating it; to be or become very hot
n. a dish cooked in the oven; a social event where food is cooked and eaten

Word Forms

Progressive baking
Perfect baked
Past baked
3rd Present bakes
Plural bakes