Bake

1. (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.
2. (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
3. (v. t.) To harden by cold.
4. (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
5. (v. i.) To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
6. (n.) The process, or result, of baking.