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cake I. \ˈkāk\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old English cœcil small cake, Old High German kuocho cake, and probably to Lithuanian guoge cabbagehead, head 1. a. : any of a variety of breads usually small in size and typically round and flat in shape: as (1) : a flat mass of dough, sometimes unleavened, shaped round or oval by hand, and baked with a crust on both sides (2) Scotland : a thin hard-baked bread of oatmeal (3) : a thin flat bread (as a griddlecake) made from batter fried on a griddle or other utensil (4) : biscuit dough enriched with shortening and eggs and baked and served hot with fruit or meat (as shortcake) b. : any of a variety of fancy sweetened breads: as (1) : a loaf baked in a variety of forms and sizes, made from a sweet dough or batter of flour and other ingredients, and often coated with an icing (2) : a usually small mass of firm dough variously shaped, leavened with yeast or baking powder, and cooked in deep fat (as a friedcake) c. : a flattened usually round mass of food (as potato, hashed meat, fish) baked or fried 2. a. : a block of compacted or congealed matter < a cake of soap > < an ice cake > b. : a hard or brittle layer or deposit : crust < the cake formed in a pipe > c. : a hollow cylinder of yarn produced by the spinning process for viscose rayon 3. : oil cake, filter cake II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb : to cover (a surface) with a crust : encrust < his jacket was caked with dust > : fill (a space) with a packed mass < caked fingernails > intransitive verb 1. : to form or harden into a mass < coral is formed by the caking of minute shells into stone > — see caked breast 2. : to fuse (as of coal) into a pasty mass when heated |