cake

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to form a coat over

   Snow caked the ground for most of January.

2. 2
   noun

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

   On Monday afternoon, Ronya attends a birthday party and eats cake whenever cake is presented to her.

3. 3
   noun

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

   an oatmeal cake

4. 4
   noun

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

   buckwheat cakes

5. 5
   noun

   A block of any various dense materials.

   a cake of soap

6. 6
   noun

   Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.

   Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake / Those who could relate know the world ain't cake

7. 7
   noun

   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. 8
   noun

   A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake 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).