bake

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Verb

1. To [[cook]] using an [[oven]], especially [[baked good]]s.
2. To heat or dry.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|by extension|obsolete}} To harden by cold.
4. {{lb|en|computer graphics|transitive}} To [[fix]] ([[lighting]], [[reflection]]s, etc.) as part of the [[texture]] of an [[object]] to improve [[render]]ing [[performance]].

Noun

1. The act of cooking food by baking.
2. {{lb|en|especially|UK|Australia|NZ}} Any of various baked dishes resembling [[casserole]].
3. Any food item that is baked, such as a pastry.
4. {{lb|en|US}} A social event at which food (such as [[seafood]]) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
5. {{lb|en|Barbados|sometimes|US|and|UK}} A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten mainly in Barbados, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or sometimes roasted).

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