Bake (verb)

1. Cook (food) by dry heat in an oven.
2. To heat (a substance, especially clay or pottery) in a kiln or oven to harden it.

Origin:

Old english bacan, of germanic origin; related to dutch bakken and german backen.

Examples:

1. She"s going to bake a cake for her friend"s birthday.
2. He baked the chicken for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.
3. I love to bake cookies in my spare time.
4. She was baking bread in the kitchen.
5. The pottery was baked in a kiln for several hours.