- AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baka, Dan. bage, Gr. fw`gein to roast
- To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.
- To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
- To harden by cold.The earth . . . is baked with frost.They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.
