bake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.5 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Bosnian 3.1 Noun 4 Croatian 4.1 Noun 5 Middle English 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Noun 6 Serbian 6.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English baken < Old English bacan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /beɪk/, SAMPA: /beIk/
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• Rhymes: -eɪk

[edit] Verb

to bake (third-person singular simple present bakes, present participle baking, simple past and past participle baked)

1. (transitive, ergative) To cook (something) in an oven, but not in fat. Compare roast.

   To bake bread.

2. (transitive) To dry by heat.
3. (transitive, figuratively) (Of a person, the weather, or an object:) To be hot.
4. (intransitive) To become baked.

   The bread is baking at the moment.

[edit] Derived terms

• baked
• bake-off
• baking
• in a bake
• half-baked

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• roast

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[edit] Noun

bake (plural bakes)

1. (British) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
   • 2009, Rosalind Peters, Kate Pankhurst, Clive Boursnell, Midnight Feast Magic: Sleepover Fun and Food

     If you happen to have small, heat-proof glass or ceramic pots in your kitchen (known as ramekins) then you can make this very easy pasta bake in fun-size, individual portions.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abek
• beak

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Etymology

Latin pax.

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bake

1. peace

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[edit] Bosnian

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bake

1. Plural form of baka.

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Noun

bake

1. Plural form of baka.

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• bak
• bakke (main article)
• balke

[edit] Noun

bake (plural bakes)

1. bat (flying rodent)

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Noun

bake

1. Plural form of baka.