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bakebake /beɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 verb ETYMOLOGYbakeOrigin: Old English bacan VERB TABLEbake |
Present | I, you, we, they | bake | | he, she, it | bakes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | baked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have baked | | he, she, it | has baked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had baked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bake | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have baked |
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Present | I | am baking | | he, she, it | is baking | | you, we, they | are baking | Past | I, he, she, it | was baking | | you, we, they | were baking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been baking | | he, she, it | has been baking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been baking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be baking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been baking |
THESAURUS to prepare food for eating by using heat► cook to prepare food for eating by using heat: Mom taught me to cook. It’s important to cook the meat thoroughly. ► make to make food ready to eat, with or without using heat: Do you want to help me make cookies? ► prepare formal to make food ready to eat: She started to prepare the Thanksgiving meal early in the morning. ► bake to cook food such as bread or cake in the oven: I was planning to bake a cake for his birthday. ► toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread: Toast both sides of the bread before adding the topping. ► roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven: Roast the beef for one and a half or two hours. ► fry to cook food in oil on the top part of an oven: Grandma taught me how to fry chicken. ► sauté to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of oil: Sauté the onions until they look clear. ► deep fry to fry food in a pan containing a lot of hot oil: The doughnuts are deep fried and delicious. ► broil to cook food by placing it near to strong heat from above: The burgers are broiled, not fried. ► grill to cook food over strong heat, especially over flames: They grilled the steaks on an iron grill. ► barbecue to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors: We’re planning to barbecue chicken and vegetables at the picnic. ► steam to cook vegetables by placing them in a container over very hot water so that the steam from the hot water cooks them: Steam the broccoli until it turns bright green. ► boil to cook vegetables in very hot water on the top part of the oven: I put the potatoes in a pot to boil them. ► microwave to cook food in a microwave oven: You can microwave the leftovers for a couple of minutes to heat them up. 1[intransitive, transitive] if a cake, cookies, etc. bakes or you bake them, you cook them using an oven: Bake the mixture at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. I smell cookies baking!► see thesaurus at cook12[intransitive, transitive] to make something become hard by heating it, or to become hard in this way: In former times, bricks were baked in the sun.3[intransitive] informal to become too hot: We were baking in the midday sun. [Origin: Old English bacan] → see also half-baked |