Bake

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Baked (bākt); p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.]
	2.	To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
	3.	To harden by cold. The earth . . . is baked with frost. - Shak. They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. - Spenser.
v. i.	1.	To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
	2.	To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
n.	1.	The process, or result, of baking.

Verb	1.	bake - cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"
	2.	bake - prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"
	3.	bake - heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" Synonyms: broil

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