Roast

/ɹoʊst/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
2. (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
3. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
4. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
5. (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
6. (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
7. (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
8. A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

Example Sentences

to roast meat on a spit

to roast a potato in ashes

In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned.

Coffee beans need roasting before use.

to roast chestnuts or peanuts

roasted in wrath and fire

I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.

He roasted a bully who then fought with him.

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Word Forms

• roasts
• roasting
• roasted
• rost

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