Baking

/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of bake..

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of bake.
2. That bakes.
3. (figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
4. An action in which something is baked.
5. The way in which something is baked.
6. (countable) The production of a batch of baked product.

Example Sentences

baking bread; baking clay

I’m baking—could you open the window?

The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.

I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.

Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children.

How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings.

Clissold’s work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence.

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Word Forms

• bakings

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