[bake] vb baked ; bak.ing [ME, fr. OE bacan; akin to OHG bahhan to bake, Gk phogein to roast] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to cook (as food) by dry heat esp. in an oven
2: to dry or harden by subjecting to heat ~ vi 1: to prepare food by baking it
2: to become baked
3: to become extremely hot -- bak.er n
[2]bake n (1565) 1: the act or process of baking
2: a social gathering at which a baked food is served
3: baked food "a ~ sale"