bake
gb/bˈeɪk/ us/bˈeɪk/
A2
Inglês
~ 8600
Aceções
0 aceções
Verbo
A2
action
1
Cook food in an oven
To cook food in an oven using dry heat.
Padrão de uso:
to bake [food] (in the oven)
Erro comum:
Learners often use 'cook' instead of 'bake' for cakes and bread, saying *'I cooked a cake'* instead of *'I baked a cake'*. Use 'bake' for food cooked with dry heat in an oven (like bread, cakes, and many desserts) and 'cook' as the general word. Another mistake is saying *'bake in 180 degrees'*; it is more natural to say *'bake at 180 degrees'*.
Sinónimos
cook (More general; can use any method such as boiling, frying, or grilling, while 'bake' is specifically dry heat, usually in an oven.)
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roast (Often used for meat or vegetables cooked at high heat, sometimes uncovered and with added fat, while 'bake' is common for bread, cakes, and many desserts.)
Antónimos
freeze (To make food very cold or hard by lowering its temperature, the opposite of heating it in an oven.)
Colocações
bake bread
|bake a cake
|bake cookies
|bake in the oven
|freshly baked bread
|bake at 180 degrees
Temas
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
Exemplos
- I baked a chocolate cake for her birthday.
- The bread needs to bake for about thirty minutes.
- She bakes fresh cookies every Sunday afternoon.
- Bake the chicken until the skin is golden and crisp.
- Let the lasagna bake uncovered for the last ten minutes.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- I bake bread every weekend.
- Please bake the pizza for fifteen minutes.
- She likes to bake cookies for her friends.
- We will bake the fish in the oven.
Verbo
informal
B1
state
2
Feel uncomfortably hot
To feel very hot and uncomfortable because it is very warm.
Padrão de uso:
to bake (in [place])
Erro comum:
Learners may confuse this with the cooking meaning and say things like *'The sun baked me'* when they mean *'I was baking in the sun.'* Use this sense mainly for how a person or animal feels, often in the pattern *'We were baking in [place].'*
Sinónimos
swelter (More formal and descriptive; often used in writing, while 'bake' is more casual and conversational.)
Antónimos
freeze (To feel very cold, the opposite of feeling extremely hot.)
Colocações
bake in the sun
|bake inside the car
|we're baking in here
|bake on the beach
Temas
weather
|daily life
|emotions
|daily_life
Exemplos
- We were baking in the car while stuck in traffic.
- I was baking in my thick coat on the crowded train.
- They spent the afternoon baking on the beach with no shade.
- It's so hot in this room that everyone is baking.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- We are baking in this small room.
- I was baking on the bus because it was so hot.
- They were baking in the sun at the park.
Verbo
B2
action
3
Become dry and hard from heat
To become dry and hard because the sun or heat is very strong.
Padrão de uso:
to bake [surface or material]
Erro comum:
Learners may not realize this sense can be used for earth or materials, not just food. In this meaning, 'bake' does not involve cooking; it describes what happens to the ground or other materials in strong heat.
Sinónimos
dry out (General term for losing moisture; 'bake' suggests strong, often sun-driven heat that makes something very dry and sometimes hard.)
Antónimos
soak (To become very wet by absorbing liquid, the opposite of becoming dry and hard.)
Colocações
the ground baked hard
|baked earth
|bake dry
|fields baked in the sun
Temas
nature
|weather
Exemplos
- The soil baked hard after weeks without rain.
- Mud bricks are left in the sun to bake before they are used.
- The clay baked solid in the intense heat.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- The ground baked hard in the hot sun.
- The mud baked and turned to dry earth.
- The field baked for days without rain.
Nome
B1
entity
4
Dish baked in one container
A food dish where different things are mixed and cooked together in the oven in one dish.
Padrão de uso:
a [ingredient] bake
Erro comum:
Learners may expect 'bake' as a noun to mean any baked food, but in many recipes it specifically refers to a one-dish meal such as a 'pasta bake' or 'potato bake', not to bread or cakes.
Sinónimos
casserole (Very similar; often includes sauces and is baked in a deep dish, but 'casserole' is more established, while 'bake' is common in names like 'pasta bake'.)
Antónimos
salad (A cold or room‑temperature mixed dish, often uncooked, contrasting with a hot dish baked in the oven.)
Colocações
pasta bake
|potato bake
|tuna bake
|vegetable bake
Temas
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
Exemplos
- We're having a tuna and sweetcorn bake for dinner.
- She brought a cheesy pasta bake to the party.
- This vegetable bake is one of my favorite easy meals.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- I made a pasta bake for my family.
- We ate a potato bake with cheese.
- He brought a chicken bake to the picnic.
Gramática
Forma de dicionário
bake
IPA
GB/bˈeɪk/
US/bˈeɪk/
Sílabas e acento
bake (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (bake)
Formas da palavra
Verb
- Base: bake
- 3rd Person Singular: bakes
- Present Participle: baking
- Past: baked
Família de palavras
Expressões
bake in
1/bˈeɪk ˈɪn/
phrasal verb
Include 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.
Exemplos
- 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
1/bˈeɪk sˈeɪl/
fixed phrase
Fundraiser selling baked goods
An event where people sell cakes, cookies, and other baked food to collect money, usually for a school, club, or charity.
Exemplos
- 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
1/bˈeɪk ˈɔf/
fixed phrase
Baking competition
A competition where people bake cakes, bread, or other things, and judges decide who baked the best one.
Exemplos
- 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
1/hˈæf bˈeɪkt/
idiom
informal
Poorly planned or developed idea
Used to describe an idea or plan that is not well thought out or not fully developed.
Exemplos
- 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.