English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
bake — [bāk] vt. baked, baking [ME baken < OE bacan < IE * bhog < base * bhe , to warm, bake > BATH1, Gr phōgein, to roast] 1. to cook (food) by dry heat, esp. in an oven 2. to make dry and hard by heat; fire (bricks, earthenware, etc.) 3.… … English World dictionary
bake — S3 [beık] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: bacan] 1.) to cook something using dry heat, in an ↑oven ▪ I m baking some bread. ▪ baked potatoes ▪ Bake at 250 degrees for 20 minutes. 2.) to make something become hard by heating it ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
bake — [ beık ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make bread, cakes, etc. using an oven: Grandma always baked on Saturday. I m baking a cake for Tom s birthday. a ) transitive to cook food in an oven: Bake the fish for about ten minutes. a baked … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cook — [n] person who prepares food baker, chef, hash slinger*, mess sergeant, servant, sous chef; concept 348 cook [v] prepare food, usually using heat bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry,… … New thesaurus
bake — [v] cook in oven heat, melt, scorch, simmer, stew, warm; concept 170 … New thesaurus
bake — ► VERB 1) cook (food) by dry heat in an oven. 2) heat, especially so as to dry or harden. 3) informal be or become extremely hot in prolonged hot weather. ► NOUN ▪ a dish consisting of a number of ingredients mixed together and baked. ORIGIN Old… … English terms dictionary
cook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prepare, concoct, fix, make; roast, broil, boil, fry, etc.; informal, doctor; slang, ruin, spoil. See food, heat, deterioration, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chef, short order cook, meat cook … English dictionary for students
cook — Synonyms and related words: KO, abigail, adulterate, amah, au pair girl, ayah, bake, baker, ball up, barbecue, baste, be in heat, betweenmaid, biddy, blanch, blaze, bloom, boil, bollix, bollix up, braise, brew, broil, brown, bugger, bugger up,… … Moby Thesaurus
cook — I UK [kʊk] / US verb Word forms cook : present tense I/you/we/they cook he/she/it cooks present participle cooking past tense cooked past participle cooked *** Other ways of saying cook: boil to cook food in boiling water: Boil the potatoes for… … English dictionary
cook — cook1 S2 [kuk] v 1.) [I and T] to prepare food for eating by using heat ▪ Where did you learn to cook? ▪ Cook the sauce over a low heat for 10 minutes. cook a meal/dinner/breakfast etc ▪ I m usually too tired to cook an evening meal. cook sth for … Dictionary of contemporary English
bake — I UK [beɪk] / US verb Word forms bake : present tense I/you/we/they bake he/she/it bakes present participle baking past tense baked past participle baked * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make bread, cakes etc using an oven I m baking a cake for… … English dictionary
