(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

“I baked a delicious cherry pie.”

(with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

“The cake baked at 350°F.”

To be warmed to drying and hardening.

“The clay baked in the sun.”

An action in which something is baked.

“I'm going to do some baking this afternoon.”

The way in which something is baked.

The production of a batch of baked product.

That bakes.

“baking bread   baking clay”

Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.

“I'm baking – could you open the window?”