BAKE, v.t. 14 1. To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place heated; as, to bake bread.2. To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln or furnace, or by the solar rays; as, to bake bricks; to bake the ground.BAKE, v.i. To do the work of baking; as, she brews, washes and bakes. 2. To be baked; to dry and harden in heat; as, the bread bakes, the ground bakes in a hot sun.
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