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baking

/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
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verb

  • (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

    "I baked a delicious cherry pie."

  • (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

    "The cake baked at 350°F."

  • To be warmed to drying and hardening.

    "The clay baked in the sun."

  • To dry by heat.

    "They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture."

  • To be hot.

    "I'm baking after that workout in the gym."

  • To cause to be hot.
  • To smoke marijuana.
  • To harden by cold.
  • To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
  • (with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.

noun

  • An action in which something is baked.

    "I'm going to do some baking this afternoon."

  • The way in which something is baked.
  • The production of a batch of baked product.

adjective

  • That bakes.

    "baking bread   baking clay"

  • Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.

    "I'm baking – could you open the window?"

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