What is the meaning of baking?

noun

• Making bread or cake or pastry etc..
• Cooking by dry heat in an oven.

verb

• Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
  • usage: "bake the potatoes"
  • synonyms: bake
• Prepare with dry heat in an oven.
  • usage: "bake a cake"
  • synonyms: bake
• Heat by a natural force.
  • usage: "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
  • synonyms: broil, bake
• Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun.
  • usage: "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat"
  • synonyms: bake, broil

adjective

• As hot as if in an oven.
  • synonyms: baking hot