■ verb
1》 cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.
2》 (of the sun or other agency) subject to dry heat.
↘ informal be or become extremely hot in hot weather.
■ noun
1》 a dish consisting of a number of ingredients mixed together and ~d: a vegetable ~.
2》 N. Amer. a social gathering at which ~d food of a specified kind is eaten: a clam~.
Origin
OE bacan , of Gmc origin.