baking

Etymology

From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of bake.

adj

1. That bakes.
   baking bread; baking clay
2. (figurative) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
   I'm baking – could you open the window?
   The car was baking after having been parked in the sun the whole afternoon.

noun

1. An action in which something is baked.
   I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.
   Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children. 1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
2. The way in which something is baked.
   How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings. 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate
   Clissold's work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I
3. (countable) The production of a batch of baked product.