bake
(beɪk )
Word forms: bakes , baking , baked
1. verb A2
If you bake, you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven.
I love to bake. [VERB]
baking uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] B1
On a Thursday she used to do all the baking.
2. verb A2 cook
When a cake or bread bakes or when you bake it, it cooks in the oven without any extra liquid or fat.
Bake the cake for 35 to 50 minutes. [VERB noun]
The batter rises as it bakes. [VERB]
...freshly baked bread. [VERB-ed]
3. verb
If places or people become extremely hot because the sun is shining very strongly, you can say that they bake.
If you closed the windows, you baked. [VERB]
Britain bakes in a Mediterranean heatwave. [VERB]
Synonyms: get too hot, roast, warm up, overheat
4. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
A vegetable or fish bake is a dish that is made by chopping up and mixing together a number of ingredients and cooking them in the oven so that they form a fairly dry solid mass. [British]
...an aubergine bake.
5. See also baking
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Collocations:
bake a cake bake a loaf bake bread bake in the oven
The manager said the chef was too busy to bake a cake!
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I may even bake a cake this afternoon, and do the hoovering.
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Paint a fence, plant a shrub, bake a cake, make chocolates.
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Finally, bake a cake and decorate with a packet of creepy-crawly sweets.
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Place the tin in the oven and bake the cake for 30-35 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
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Wanna bake a loaf of bread now!
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Once the embers have died down, brush away the ash and there will still be enough residual heat to bake a loaf of bread or two.
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Traditionally, breadmakers take between three and four hours to bake a loaf.
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Bake the loaves until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean (50-60 minutes).
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It will be as straightforward as baking a loaf of bread, only much more 22nd century.
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As with learning anything, whether it's how to crochet or bake bread, it promotes gentle bonding.
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A quarter grow veg, bake bread or make jam and one in three boasts homespun skills — some even lying to impress.
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Tonight the remaining contestants have to bake bread.
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He learnt how to bake bread and cakes, make chocolates and petit fours.
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Then there was a vending machine that can bake bread.
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Slide the dish onto the hot baking tray and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
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Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.
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Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden and crunchy.
The Sun
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, then brush over the marmalade and return for 15-20 minutes to finish cooking.
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Bake in the oven for 5 min until golden and crisp.
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Translations:
Chinese: 烘焙
Japanese: 焼く
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