To Bake

1. (ditransitive or intransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.
2. (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
3. (intransitive) To be warmed to drying and hardening.
4. (transitive) To dry by heat.
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To be hot.
6. (transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.
7. (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To harden by cold.
9. (computer graphics, transitive) To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
10. (figuratively, with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.

Usage notes

In the dialects of northern England, the simple past book and past participle baken are sometimes encountered.

Synonyms

• cook