baking
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.
"I baked a delicious cherry pie."
2. (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
"The cake baked at 350°F."
3. To be warmed to drying and hardening.
"The clay baked in the sun."
4. To dry by heat.
"They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture."
5. To be hot.
"I'm baking after that workout in the gym."
6. To cause to be hot.
7. To smoke marijuana.
8. To harden by cold.
9. To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
10. (with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.
1. An action in which something is baked.
"I'm going to do some baking this afternoon."
2. The way in which something is baked.
3. The production of a batch of baked product.
1. That bakes.
"baking bread baking clay"
2. Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
"I'm baking – could you open the window?"
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