Kilo Lingo

bake

/beɪk/

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Translation

To cook food such as bread or cakes in an oven.

Word origin

From Old English bacan, the common Germanic word for cooking with dry heat.

Origin
Old English
Root
bacan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (bake, bakes, baked)

Examples

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Here "bake" means to cook food in an oven.

birthday.

"Baked" is the past form of "bake".

fresh .

"Bakes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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This word is part of lesson 14.