adjective
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
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- a vast desert all adust
- land lying baked in the heat
- parched soil
- the earth was scorched and bare
- sunbaked salt flats
adjective
(bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven)
Examples
- baked goods
verb
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
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- bake the potatoes
verb
prepare with dry heat in an oven
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- bake a cake
verb
heat by a natural force
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- The sun broils the valley in the summer
verb
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
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- The town was broiling in the sun
- the tourists were baking in the heat