Word a Day
bake
What does bake mean?
bake (verb): to cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bake in a sentence?
- I baked a delicious cherry pie. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- She's been baking all day to prepare for the dinner. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce bake?
/beɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bake come from?
From Middle English baken, from Old English bacan (“to bake”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bake” mean?
draw someone's attention away from something
Not quite: that's what distract means.
to cook (something) in an oven (for someone)
Right! That's what “bake” means.
of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound
Not quite: that's what ring means.
to resist or endure (something) successfully
Not quite: that's what withstand means.
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