baking
/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
verb
- 1
(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.
“I baked a delicious cherry pie.”
- 2
(with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
“The cake baked at 350°F.”
- 3
To be warmed to drying and hardening.
“The clay baked in the sun.”
- 4
To dry by heat.
“They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture.”
- 5
To be hot.
“I'm baking after that workout in the gym.”
- 6
To cause to be hot.
- 7
To smoke marijuana.
- 8
To harden by cold.
- 9
To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
- 10
(with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.
noun
- 1
An action in which something is baked.
“I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.”
- 2
The way in which something is baked.
- 3
The production of a batch of baked product.
adjective
- 1
That bakes.
“baking bread baking clay”
- 2
Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
“I'm baking – could you open the window?”
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