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  1. 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To harden by cold. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. The process, or result, of baking. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. prepare with dry heat in an oven Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. heat by a natural force Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 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. Note: 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 ground. 3. To harden by cold. The earth . . . is baked with frost. Shak. They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser. 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 sun. The process, or result, of baking. Source: webster
  12. 12. v:100 v. cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven v. prepare with dry heat in an oven v. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun Source: ecdict

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