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Bake (Verb)

Prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake".

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

She carefully mixed the dough before deciding to bake the bread in the warm oven.
The smell of freshly baked cookies filled the entire house when she opened the oven door.
Prepare the ingredients and bake a cake to celebrate her birthday tonight.
If you preheat the oven to 375 degrees, it should only take 30 minutes to bake the chicken.
To bake the pies more evenly, rotate the baking sheet halfway through the cooking time.

Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Let the cake bake in the oven for 25 minutes before you check on it.
To make this recipe, you'll need to bake the chicken breast in the oven for 45 minutes.
If you want a crispy skin, bake the duck whole for an hour and a half.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit to bake the dinner rolls.
When the cake is done baking let it cool before decorating it.

Heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Intense volcanic heat will always bake the surrounding earth and stone.
Hot light from the lamp will bake the delicate photos on the walls.
Heat from forest fires can bake solid tree limbs and turn them into brittle spindles.
When the planet's sun reaches its summit in the sky it will bake its lower atmosphere.
Radiative heat emanating from the massive star can bake any surface with atmospheric gaps of distance between planets and a star lacking.

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".

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

The tourists were baking in the heat without any shade or respite from the scorching sun.
After being stranded in the desert for hours, the hikers were starting to bake under the intense sun.
The car was baking in the parking lot with the windows rolled up, making it almost impossible to touch the seats.
The tiles on the rooftop were baking in the direct sunlight, making the room below feel like an oven.
Travelers often find themselves baking in the sweltering heat when visiting tropical islands during peak summer months.