bake
To cook food in an oven using dry heat.
To cook food by exposing it to steady dry heat, typically in an oven.
To feel very hot and uncomfortable because it is very warm.
To feel extremely hot and uncomfortable because of high temperature, especially in the sun or in a closed space.
To become dry and hard because the sun or heat is very strong.
To become very dry and hard as a result of strong heat, especially from the sun.
A food dish where different things are mixed and cooked together in the oven in one dish.
A dish made by combining ingredients and cooking them together in an oven, usually in a single deep container.
- Base: bake
- 3rd Person Singular: bakes
- Present Participle: baking
- Past: baked
bake in
1Include as a built-in feature
To include something, such as a rule or feature, as a permanent part of a system, plan, or product from the start.
- The new law bakes in stronger protections for consumers.
- We should bake in regular feedback sessions when we design the project schedule.
- Security needs to be baked in from the beginning, not added later.
bake sale
1Fundraiser selling baked goods
An event where people sell cakes, cookies, and other baked food to collect money, usually for a school, club, or charity.
- The school is holding a bake sale to raise money for new computers.
- She made cupcakes for the charity bake sale.
- We raised over $500 at the weekend bake sale.
bake-off
1Baking competition
A competition where people bake cakes, bread, or other things, and judges decide who baked the best one.
- Our office is organizing a bake-off to raise money for charity.
- She won first prize in the local bake-off with her lemon tart.
- The TV show turned a simple village bake-off into a national event.
half-baked
1Poorly planned or developed idea
Used to describe an idea or plan that is not well thought out or not fully developed.
- The manager rejected their half-baked proposal immediately.
- We need a solid strategy, not some half-baked idea you thought of on the train.
- His plan to quit his job and travel with no money sounded completely half-baked.