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.-to dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.-to harden by cold.-to do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.-to be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.-the process, or result, of baking.