[beɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven
(e.g: they bake their own bread and cakes)

- (of the sun or other agency) subject (something) to dry heat, especially so as to harden it
(e.g: the soil in the desert is baked dry by the fierce heat of the sun)


Phrases:
- baked in the cake

Origin:
Old English bacan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bakken and German backen

[beɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven
(e.g: a vegetable bake)


Phrases:
- baked in the cake

Origin:
Old English bacan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bakken and German backen

[beɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's mouth
(e.g: shut your bake!)


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: representing a pronunciation of beak