adj
Meaning 1
That bakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- baking bread; baking clay; baking dish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
baking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/
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CMU ARPABET: B EY1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
Examples
- I’m baking—could you open the window?
- The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.
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noun
Meaning 3
An action in which something is baked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
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noun
Meaning 4
The way in which something is baked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
The production of a batch of baked product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of bake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
as hot as if in an oven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baking hot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
cooking by dry heat in an oven
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: cooking, cookery, preparation
Narrower terms: shirring
noun
Meaning 9
making bread or cake or pastry etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creating from raw materials
History
Etymology
From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: خَبْز (ḵabz) — action in which something is baked
- Chinese Mandarin: 烤 (kǎo) — action in which something is baked
- Chinese Mandarin: 烘 (hōng) — action in which something is baked
- Chinese Mandarin: 焙燒 /焙烧 (bèishāo) — action in which something is baked
- Chinese Mandarin: 烘烤 (hōngkǎo) — action in which something is baked
- Czech: pečení — action in which something is baked
- Danish: bagning — action in which something is baked
- Finnish: leipominen — action in which something is baked
- French: cuisson — action in which something is baked
- Georgian: გამოცხობა (gamocxoba) — action in which something is baked
- Georgian: ცხობა (cxoba) — action in which something is baked
- German: Backen — action in which something is baked
- Greek: ψήσιμο (psísimo) — action in which something is baked
- Japanese: 焼くこと (yaku koto) — action in which something is baked
- Macedonian: печење (pečenje) — action in which something is baked
- Māori: tunumanga parāoa — action in which something is baked
- Norwegian Bokmål: baking — action in which something is baked
- Norwegian Nynorsk: baking — action in which something is baked
- Portuguese: assamento — action in which something is baked
- Quechua: chaya — action in which something is baked
- Russian: вы́печка (výpečka) — action in which something is baked
- Russian: выпека́ние (vypekánije) — action in which something is baked
- Spanish: panpasteleo — action in which something is baked
- Swahili: uokaji — action in which something is baked
- Swedish: bakning — action in which something is baked
- Ukrainian: випікання (vypikannja) — action in which something is baked
- Zazaki: adırnayen — action in which something is baked
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