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BAKES
Verb
bakes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bake
Noun
bakes
plural of bake
Anagrams
• Baeks, beaks, bekas
Etymology
Proper noun
Bakes
A nickname of the surname Baker.
Anagrams
• Baeks, beaks, bekas
Source: Wiktionary
BAKE
Bake, v. t. [imp.& p. p. Baked; p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.] Etym: [AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baca, Dan. bage, Gr.
1. To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.
Note: Baking is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed.
2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
3. To harden by cold. The earth . . . is baked with frost. Shak. They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser.
Bake, v. i.
1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak.
2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
Bake, n.
Definition: The process, or result, of baking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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