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bake

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verb (used with object)

baked, baking.

to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
to harden by heat:
to bake pottery in a kiln.
to dry by, or subject to heat:
The sun baked the land.

verb (used without object)

baked, baking.

to bake bread, a casserole, etc.
to become baked:
The cake will bake in about half an hour.
to be subjected to heat:
The lizard baked on the hot rocks.

noun

a social occasion at which the chief food is baked.
Scot. cracker ( def 1 ).

verb phrase

1. Computers. to incorporate (a feature) as part of a system or piece of software or hardware while it is still in development:
  The location-tracking service is baked in the new app.
  Security features come baked into the operating system.
2. to include as an inseparable or permanent part:
  Baked into the price of the product is the cost of advertising.

bake

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verb

tr to cook by dry heat in or as if in an oven
intr to cook bread, pastry, etc, in an oven
to make or become hardened by heat
informal.
intr to be extremely hot, as in the heat of the sun

noun

a party at which the main dish is baked
a batch of things baked at one time
a kind of biscuit
a small flat fried cake

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English baken, Old English bacan; cognate with Old High German bahhan, Old Norse baka; akin to Dutch bakken, German backen, Greek ��ṓg�𾱲� “to roast”; from Proto-Indo-European extended root bhēg-, bhōg- “to warm, roast”

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bake¹

Old English bacan ; related to Old Norse baka , Old High German bahhan to bake, Greek ��ō��𾱲� to parch, roast

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If they remain in place, those cost increases will be "permanently baked into the price consumers pay", he added.

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I wasn’t cut out for baking, for the kind of real baking that required precision.

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That includes everything and anything from your typical charcuterie boards to more creative mini meal boards — like a baked potato board or a buffalo wing board complete with chicken wings and crudités.

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She compares it to the sourdough baking trend that emerged during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic five years ago, during Trump's first term.

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Red No. 3 — which gives certain foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red hue — is commonly found in candies, artificial fruit products, processed meats, frozen desserts and baked goods and snacks.

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