cake
Coat with a crust of solid materialCoat (something) with a crust of solid material.
» Please help yourself to the cake.
Bitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano
Пожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall
Угощайтесь пирогом, пожалуйста. — marafon
Угощайся пирогом, пожалуйста. — marafon
Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайся тістечком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайтеся тістечком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайтеся тортиком. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive)Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
His shoes are caked with mud.
verkrusten
form a coat over
(transitive)To form into a cake, or mass.
(intransitive)Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
Examples
1867 sentencesPlease help yourself to the cake.
Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko
ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall
deBitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano
Will you have some more cake?
Візьмеш ще пирога? — aandrusiak
How about another piece of cake?
Хочеш ще шматочок торта? — deniko
deWie wäre es mit noch einem Stück Kuchen? — pne
My mother is making a cake.
Мама робить торт. — deniko
ruМоя мама делает торт. — sharptoothed
deMeine Mutter ist dabei einen Kuchen zu machen. — jakov
Who wants another piece of cake?
Хто хоче ще шматочек торту? — deniko
ruКто хочет ещё кусочек торта? — Biga
deWer will noch ein Stück Kuchen? — Manfredo
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).
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Forms
cakes, caking, caked, cakedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- piece of cake
- baked a cake
- a birthday cake
- a cake for
- birthday cake
- baking a cake
- chocolate cake
- cut the cake
- some cake
- making a cake
- cake for dessert
- divided the cake