To Bake
To Cook, To Grill, To Burn, To Fry
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means bake or cook. So, the verb vocab version is to bake or to cook.
The reading comes from the reading you learned with the kanji.
チーズケーキを百こ焼くという目標を達しました。
I achieved my goal to bake one hundred cheesecakes.
その手紙は焼きいもと一しょに焼いてしまいました。
I burned the letter when I made baked sweet potatoes.
あなたの旦那さんも、ケーキを焼くの？
Does your hubby bake cakes too?