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baked

/beɪkt/

baked is the simple past and past participle of bake.

Adjective

baked (comparative more baked, superlative most baked)

  1. That has been cooked by baking.
    • SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently.
      TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie,
      Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
      Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (slang) Inebriated: drunk, high, or stoned.
  3. Hungover.
    Synonyms:
    cooked
  4. Lastingly brain-damaged from drug use (either truly or allegedly).
    • Don't bother talking to that guy — he's baked from all the coke he used to do.
    Synonyms:
    cooked
  5. (derogatory, figuratively, slang) Of a person: crazy, insane.

Meaning of bake

Verb

bake (third-person singular simple present bakes, present participle baking, simple past baked or (dialectal) book, past participle baked or (dialectal) book or (dialectal) baken)

  1. (ditransitive, intransitive, transitive) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
    • I baked a delicious cherry pie.
  2. (intransitive) To be cooked in an oven.
    • The cake baked at 350°F.
  3. (intransitive) To regularly prepare baked goods.
    • In some cultures, it is expected that a proper housewife should bake.
  4. (figuratively, intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
    • (Let's bake tonight.)
  5. (figuratively) To incorporate into something greater.
    • Disagreements between pilots' unions are baked into the merger cake.2014, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Airline Industry Consolidation: Hearing, page 36
  6. (intransitive) To be warmed for drying and hardening.
    • The clay baked in the sun.
    Synonyms:
    fire

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Synonyms of baked

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Forms of baked

comparativemore baked
superlativemost baked

Words formed from baked

Phrases with baked

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Words that rhyme with baked

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Questions about baked

What does baked mean?
Baked means that has been cooked by baking.
What is baked the simple past and past participle of?
Baked is the simple past and past participle of bake.
What part of speech is baked?
Baked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce baked?
Baked is pronounced /beɪkt/.

Words near baked in the dictionary

  1. bakeapple
  2. bakeapples
  3. bakeboard
  4. bakeboards
  5. bakecraft
  6. baked
  7. baked Alaska
  8. baked Alaskas
  9. baked bean
  10. baked beans
  11. baked good

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