Past tense of bake
regular verb
The past tense of bake is baked. The past participle is also baked.
Forms of bake
| Base form (V1) | bake /beɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | baked /beɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | baked /beɪkt/ |
| Present participle | baking /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | bakes /beɪks/ |
Less standard forms: book (dialectal), baken (dialectal).
Baked in a sentence
- I baked a delicious cherry pie.
- He baked her a cake.
- The key to a good baked Alaska is the meringue topping.From the entry meringue
- The baked beans can go on this shelf, and the same goes for all these other tins.From the entry go
- Don't bother talking to that guy — he's baked from all the coke he used to do.From the entry baked
Meaning of bake
- verb To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
- verb To be cooked in an oven.
- verb To regularly prepare baked goods.
Questions about the past tense of bake
- What is the past tense of bake?
- The past tense of bake is baked.
- What is the past participle of bake?
- The past participle of bake is baked.
- Is bake a regular or irregular verb?
- Bake is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
- Is book correct?
- book is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of bake is baked.
- Is baken correct?
- baken is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of bake is baked.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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