Bake

Etymology
From baken:,  bacan:, from.

Verb

 * 1)  To cook (something) in an oven, but not in fat. Compare roast.
 * To bake bread.
 * I baked a delicious cherry pie.
 * 1)  To dry by heat.
 * 2)  (Of a person, the weather, or an object:) To be hot.
 * It is baking in the greenhouse.
 * I'm baking after that workout in the gym.
 * 1)  To become baked.
 * The bread is baking at the moment.
 * 1)  To smoke marijuana.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:cook

Derived terms

 * baked
 * bake-off
 * baking
 * in a bake
 * half-baked

Related terms

 * roast

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
 * 2) The act of cooking food by baking.

Thesaurus
air-dry, anhydrate, barbecue, baste, be in heat, blanch, blaze, bloom, blot, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, brush, burn, choke, coddle, combust, cook, cure, curry, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, devil, do, do to perfection, drain, dry, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, gasp, glaze, glow, griddle, grill, heat, incandesce, insolate, kiln, melt, mold, mummify, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, pant, parboil, parch, poach, pot, prepare, prepare food, radiate heat, roast, rub, saute, scald, scallop, scorch, sear, seethe, shape, shimmer with heat, shirr, shrivel, simmer, smoke, smolder, smother, soak up, spark, sponge, steam, stew, stifle, stir-fry, suffocate, sun, sun-dry, swab, sweat, swelter, throw, toast, torrefy, towel, turn a pot, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen