Bake
Verb
UK
/beɪk/
US
/beɪk/
Definition
To cook food using dry heat, usually in an oven.
Example
"They bake cakes."
"She loves to bake cookies for her children every weekend as a family tradition."
"We baked in the sun during the long hike across the desert without shade."
Explanation
“To bake” means to cook food, usually in an oven, using dry heat. Commonly baked foods include bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries. Baking requires the right temperature and time to make the food taste good. The word can also be used in an informal way to describe becoming very hot in the sun, like “We baked in the summer heat.”