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verb [T usually passive] /keɪk/Definition
› to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out: The men were caked in layers of filth and grime. boots caked with mudCovering and adding layers
(Definition of cake verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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