baked 1 of 2

baked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for baked
Adjective
  • The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
  • In a sunbaked Vatican City, huge crowds of devoted faithful stood for hours in a section beyond the neat rows of cardinals, who remained seated in their colorful robes and hats.
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • But in a welcome boon for a parched region, two more storms will follow within the week — one Monday, another Wednesday, according to the NWS.
    Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Prompt Inaccurate Air Quality Predictions 'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States In the pictures, an alligator is seen sitting in a largely evaporated pond in southwest Florida, and the parched Everglades are seen from aerial helicopter shots.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • But the bone-dry cabin air and the altitude can really mess things up.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 June 2025
  • The actor-writer-director, who is 31 and uses they/she pronouns, has spent the last decade or so as a niche internet presence, going viral periodically on Twitter (and then X) and TikTok with satirical front-facing videos and bone-dry one-liners.
    Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The Table Rock Fire in Pickens County, northwest South Carolina, ignited Friday and has grown to more than 1,300 acres, the commission said in a Sunday night update.
    Karina Tsui, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The fire ignited last week but grew rapidly over the weekend, fueled by low humidity and dry vegetation, officials said.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The return to fighting has inflamed the debate in Israel over the fate of those held captive.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The firing of five probationary employees with the hurricane hunters in late February enflamed those concerns.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baked. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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