Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cake
Cake
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a quantity of this baked in a flat round or ornamental shape and often iced and decorated. 2 a other food in a flat round shape (fish cake). b = cattle-cake. 3 a flattish compact mass (a cake of soap). 4 Sc. & N.Engl. thin oaten bread. --v. 1 tr. & intr. form into a compact mass. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by with) cover (with a hard or sticky mass) (boots caked with mud). Phrases and idioms cakes and ale merrymaking. have one's cake and eat it colloq. enjoy both of two mutually exclusive alternatives. like hot cakes rapidly or successfully. a piece of cake colloq. something easily achieved. a slice of the cake participation in benefits. Etymology: ME f. ON kaka
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho ~ Date: 13th century 1. a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened, a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (as baking powder), a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried , 2. a block of compacted or congealed matter , a hard or brittle layer or deposit, something easily done , ~y adjective II. verb (~d; caking) Date: 1607 transitive verb encrust , to fill (a space) with a packed mass, intransitive verb to form or harden into a mass ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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