BAKE

I. verb (~d; baking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bacan; akin to Old High German bahhan to ~, Greek phōgein to roast Date: before 12th century transitive verb to cook (as food) by dry heat especially in an oven, to dry or harden by subjecting to heat, intransitive verb to prepare food by baking it, to become ~d, to be or become extremely hot , ~r noun II. noun Date: 1565 the act or process of baking, a social gathering at which a ~d food is served