baked

UK: beɪkt | US: beɪkt

Definition

  1. adj. cooked by dry heat in an oven

  2. v. past tense and past participle of "bake" (to cook by dry heat)

Structure
bake <cook by dry heat>ed <past tense/past participle suffix>
Etymology

The word "bake" traces back to Old English bacan, meaning "to cook by dry heat." It shares Proto-Germanic roots with Dutch bakken and German backen. The suffix -ed is a common Germanic past tense marker, added to form the past tense or participle. Over time, "baked" evolved as the standard form for describing both the action and the result of baking.

Examples

  1. She baked a delicious apple pie for the party.

  2. The bread was freshly baked this morning.

  3. He prefers baked potatoes over fried ones.

  4. The clay figurines were baked in a kiln to harden them.

  5. The sun baked the desert sand until it was scorching hot.