baked Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
   bake.
   
   • bake the potatoes
2. verb prepare with dry heat in an oven
   bake.
   
   • bake a cake
3. verb heat by a natural force
   broil; bake.
   
   • The sun broils the valley in the summer
4. verb be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
   broil; bake.
   
   • The town was broiling in the sun
   • the tourists were baking in the heat
5. adjective satellite dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
   adust; parched; scorched; sunbaked.
   
   • a vast desert all adust
   • land lying baked in the heat
   • parched soil
   • the earth was scorched and bare
   • sunbaked salt flats
6. adjective satellite (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven)
   
   • baked goods

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