Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

    His shoes are caked with mud.

    verkrusten

    form a coat over

  2. (transitive)To form into a cake, or mass.

  3. (intransitive)Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

Examples

1867 sentences
  1. Please help yourself to the cake.

    Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall

    deBitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano

  2. Will you have some more cake?

    Візьмеш ще пирога? — aandrusiak

  3. How about another piece of cake?

    Хочеш ще шматочок торта? — deniko

    deWie wäre es mit noch einem Stück Kuchen? — pne

  4. My mother is making a cake.

    Мама робить торт. — deniko

    ruМоя мама делает торт. — sharptoothed

    deMeine Mutter ist dabei einen Kuchen zu machen. — jakov

  5. 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 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to coat with a crust:

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, caked
Base formcake · to cake
3rd person singularcakes
Present participlecaking
Past simplecaked
Past participlecaked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycake
he, she, itcakes

Past simpleLesson

all personscaked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave caked
he, she, ithas caked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cake

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • form a coat over:coat

Word family

2 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cake — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto