1. (

• baking ,

) making bread or cake or pastry etc. ;

2. (

• baking

) cooking by dry heat in an oven ;

1. (

• bake

) cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" ;

2. (

• bake

) prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake" ;

3. (

• broil ,
• bake ,

) heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" ;

4. (

• bake ,
• broil

) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat" ;

1. (

• baking ,
• baking_hot

) as hot as if in an oven ;