v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
v. t. - To harden by cold.
v. i. - To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
v. i. - To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
n. - The process, or result, of baking.