roast
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
2.
to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit.
3.
to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.
4.
to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast chestnuts.
5.
to heat excessively: The summer sun has been roasting the entire countryside.
verb (used without object)
10.
to roast meat or other food.
11.
to undergo the process of becoming roasted.
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noun
12.
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
13.
a piece of meat for roasting.
14.
something that is roasted.
15.
the act or process of roasting.
16.
Informal. severe criticism.
17.
a facetious ceremonial tribute, usually concluding a banquet, in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted in a succession of speeches by friends and acquaintances.
18.
an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast.
adjective
19.
roasted: roast beef.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven |
| 2. | to brown or dry (coffee, etc) by exposure to heat |
| 3. | metallurgy to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt |
| 4. | to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc |
| 5. | (intr) to be excessively and uncomfortably hot |
| 6. | informal to criticize severely |
| —n | |
| 7. | something that has been roasted, esp meat |
| [C13: from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast] | |
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Word Origin & History
roast
c.1300, from O.Fr. rostir, from Frankish *hraustjan (cf. O.H.G. rosten, M.Du. roosten "to roast"), from the same source as roster (q.v.). The meaning "make fun of in an affectionate way" is from 1710. The noun is attested from early 14c. Roast beef first recorded 1630s.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Cover bottom of hot pan with some of beef fat tried out from roast, pour mixture in pan one-half inch deep.
About three minutes before the roast is done, pour off the marinade and use it for gravy.
Roast chicken is the utility infielder of practically everyone's culinary repertoire.
But roast and ground beans do not face such barriers.
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