Collins English-English Dictionary

cake [keɪk]

1. 1. n a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs

2. 2. n a flat thin mass of bread, esp unleavened bread

3. 3. n a shaped mass of dough or other food of similar consistency

   a fish cake

4. 4. n a mass, slab, or crust of a solidified or compressed substance, as of soap or ice

5. 5. n [informal] the whole or total of something that is to be shared or divided

   the miners are demanding a larger slice of the cake

   that is a fair method of sharing the cake

6. 6. vt. [tr] to cover with a hard layer; encrust

   the hull was caked with salt

7. 7. vt. to form or be formed into a hardened mass

8. 8. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old Norse kaka; related to Danish kage, German Kuchen