Definition of "cake" in English

noun

1. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

2. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

   • an oatmeal cake
   • a johnnycake

3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

   • buckwheat cakes

4. A block of any various dense materials.

   • a cake of soap
   • a cake of sand

5. (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.

6. (slang) Money.

7. Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.

   • "It looks like the cake [and eat it] philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed to Donald Tusk.

8. (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.

   • Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake.

9. (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

10. (UK, slang, obsolete) A foolish person.

verb

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

   • His shoes are caked with mud.

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

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