Bake /(bāk)/

imp. & p. p. Baked; p. pr. & vb. n. Baking

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.
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.

   They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.

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.

1. The process, or result, of baking.