bake-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven

Examples:
Xavier baked a cake in the oven.
Julie baked muffins for the president.
Steve loves to bake in his kitchen.

Mappings:
VerbNet: build-26.1,cooking-45.3,preparing-26.3
FrameNet: Cooking_creation
PropBank: bake.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: heat by a natural force

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to sense 3. NP1 of sense 2 has "actor" status, whereas NP1 of sense 3 has "undergoer" status.

Examples:
The sun bakes the valley in the summer.
The heat of the humid, hazy afternoon baked the churchgoers.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Apply_heat
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

Examples:
The town was baking in the sun.
My fair, Irish skin will surely bake if I don't use SPF 90!
The churchgoers baked in the heat of the humid, hazy afternoon.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Absorb_heat
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4