bakev. t.[AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baka, Dan. bage, Gr. fw`gein to roast.]1. 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. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.()3. To harden by cold.()The earth . . . is baked with frost. (Shak.)They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. (Spenser.)v. i.1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.(Shak.)2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.()n. The process, or result, of baking.()