Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for bake. Search instead for kake.
Definitions

bake

[bayk] / beɪk /
VERB
cook in oven
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Shannon, 29, is a project planner and scheduler from Gloucestershire, who was taught to bake by her beloved nan and describes her style as whimsical, quirky and rustic.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The trick is not to recreate the chicken bake so faithfully that you simply end up with one lying open-faced on a pie crust.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Employees bake bread fresh every morning and slice hefty portions of meat and cheese to order before finishing them “Mike’s Way,” with onions, lettuce, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, oil and spices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

She also keeps a small purse of coins throughout the year in case her children need some change for non-uniform days or bake sales.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

She picked a lettuce and a tomato for a salad and dug up a sweet potato to bake in a celebration bonfire, with fresh limpets from the rocks and coconut for dessert.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

But part-time baker Supreedha Iyer says there is still some confusion among her friends when she presents them with her own sweetcorn-flavoured bakes.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

As Europe bakes in yet another heatwave, German winegrower Florian Weingart has scattered straw on the ground to keep moisture trapped in the earth and protect his prized vines from extreme temperatures.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Analysts at KeyBanc suggested Monday that SpaceX’s stock price already bakes in sufficient optimism for the company’s ambitions.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

In other words, the stock price bakes in a lot of early success for Arm’s first chip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

He’s an early-retired French professor who bakes homemade baguettes and listens to Parisian jazz singers.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

That’s after several months of dryness and record-breaking high temperatures that have baked the state’s landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

When enough bad news is already baked into an asset’s price, investor positioning can become so negative that even another ugly headline struggles to push it lower.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

They baked cupcakes, made West African food, played pool and had a go at basketball.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

While the other judges sometimes treat dessert as something illicit, Lawson’s unabashed enthusiasm for baked goods is a welcome change.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“She only baked for us because she thinks we’re going to lose,” said Jake.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Il Fornaio began as a baking school in Italy in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

That’s when Harvard, the school that helped give the world baking soda and the forward pass, cooked up its greatest piece of ingenuity yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

You could soften the onion first if you prefer, but I liked the little bit of bite it retained after baking.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Connie, 63, an NHS hospital discharge lead, is known as "the cake lady" and uses baking as a way to unwind after a hectic day.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Good enough to add it to the bakery’s baking list?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


Vocabulary lists containing bake

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training