Bake

bāk, v.t. to dry, harden, or cook by the heat of the sun or of fire: to prepare bread or other food in an oven: to harden as by frost.— v.i. to work as a baker: to become firm through heat.— pa.p. baked (bākt); pr.p. bāk′ing. — ns. Bake′house , a house or place used for baking in; Bake′meat ( B. ), pastry, pies.— pa.p. Bak′en = baked .— ns. Bak′er , one who bakes bread, .—( obs. ) Bax′ter ; Bak′ery , a bakehouse; Bake′stone , a flat stone or plate of iron on which cakes are baked in the oven; Bak′ing , the proce by which bread is baked: the quantity baked at one time. [A.S. bac an ; cog. with Ger. backen , to bake, Gr. phog-ein , to roast.]