— caky, cakey , adj.
/kayk/ , n. , v. , caked, caking .
n.
1. a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
2. a flat, thin mass of bread, esp. unleavened bread.
3. pancake; griddlecake.
4. a shaped or molded mass of other food: a fish cake.
5. a shaped or compressed mass: a cake of soap; a cake of ice.
6. Animal Husb. a compacted block of soybeans, cottonseeds, or linseeds from which the oil has been pressed, usually used as a feed or feed supplement for cattle.
7. a piece of cake , Informal. something easily done: She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake.
8. take the cake , Informal.
a. to surpass all others, esp. in some undesirable quality; be extraordinary or unusual: His arrogance takes the cake.
b. to win first prize.
v.t.
9. to form into a crust or compact mass.
v.i.
10. to become formed into a crust or compact mass.
[ 1200-50; ME kaka; akin to ME kechel little cake, G Kuchen; see COOKIE ]
Syn. 10. harden, solidify, dry, congeal.