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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bake / bāk/ • v. [tr.] 1. cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven or on a hot surface: they bake their own bread and cakes. ∎ [intr.] (of food) be cooked in such a way: the bread was baking on hot stones. 2. (of the sun or other agency) subject (something) to dry heat, esp. so as to harden it: the sun has baked the earth a dusty brown. ∎ [intr.] inf. (of a person or place) be or become extremely hot in prolonged sun or hot weather: the city was baking in a heat wave • n. a social gathering at which baked food is eaten: lobster bakes on deserted islands.

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bake

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bake OE. bacan str. vb., f. Gmc. *bak-. Weak inflexions (baked) began to appear before 1400, and were established by XVI.

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bake

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bake •ache, awake, bake, betake, Blake, brake, break, cake, crake, drake, fake, flake, forsake, hake, Jake, lake, make, mistake, opaque, partake, quake, rake, sake, shake, sheikh, slake, snake, splake, stake, steak, strake, take, undertake, wake, wideawake •bellyache • clambake • headache •backache • pancake • teacake •seedcake • beefcake • cheesecake •fishcake • johnnycake • tipsy cake •rock cake • shortcake • oatcake •oilcake • fruitcake • cupcake •pat-a-cake • cornflake • snowflake •rattlesnake • handbrake • mandrake •heartbreak • airbrake • daybreak •jailbreak • canebrake • windbreak •tiebreak • corncrake • outbreak •footbrake • muckrake • earache •firebreak • namesake • keepsake •handshake • milkshake • heartache •beefsteak • sweepstake • stocktake •out-take • uptake • grubstake •wapentake • toothache • seaquake •kittiwake • moonquake • earthquake

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