bake (v.)

  1. cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; bake the potatoes'

  2. prepare with dry heat in an oven; bake a cake'

  3. heat by a natural force; The sun broils the valley in the summer

    [ Syn: broil ]

  4. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; The town was broiling in the sun; the tourists were baking in the heat

    [ Syn: broil ]

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