The meaning of Baking

verb

Cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat.

Usage examples:

He lightly broiled a wedge of sea bass

noun

A quarrel or commotion.

Usage examples:

The dark interior was a broil of fighting men

noun

Cook by exposing to strong heat in a part of an oven

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

There is a burn running through the flower beds

verb

Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.

Usage examples:

Shall i cook dinner tonight?

noun

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Susan was a school cook

noun

Transform by heating

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

noun

A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.

Usage examples:

His house was destroyed by fire

verb

Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).

Usage examples:

He fired a shot at the retreating prisoners

noun

The state of burning, or a burning mass of material

Usage examples:

[ u ] the factory had to be closed because the risk of fire was too great., [ c ] there have been a…

noun

An enclosed compartment, usually part of a cooker, for cooking and heating food.

Usage examples:

Bake the dish in a preheated oven

noun

Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

noun

Part of a stove that is box-shaped with a door, in which food is baked or heated, or a separate device with this shape and use

Usage examples:

Roast the turkey in a 325° oven for four hours., a toaster/microwave oven

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

verb

To dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain

Usage examples:

The fierce sun parched the soil.

noun

A piece of beef (= meat from cattle) cooked whole in a covered pot

verb

Cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.

Usage examples:

She was going to roast a leg of mutton for sunday dinner

adjective

(of food) having been roasted.

Usage examples:

A plate of cold roast beef

noun

A joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting.

Usage examples:

Carving the sunday roast

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

noun

The burning or charring of the surface of something.

Usage examples:

A scorch mark

verb

To burn a surface slightly, causing it to change color

Usage examples:

[ t ] the iron was too hot and scorched the shirt.

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Variant spelling of sere1.

adjective

(especially of vegetation) dry or withered.

Usage examples:

Small green vineyards encircled by vast sear fields

verb

Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.

Usage examples:

The flowers simply shrivelled up

verb

To become dried out and smaller, appearing crushed or folded, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

[ t ] the hot sun shriveled the flowers i put in the window.

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

verb

To become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller

Usage examples:

[ t ] hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast., [ i ] fig. public interest in th…