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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
roast       [rohst] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, esp. 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.
6.Metallurgy. to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it.
7.to warm at a hot fire: She roasted her hands over the fire.
8.Informal. to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.
9.to honor with or subject to a roast: Friends roasted the star at a charity dinner.
–verb (used without object)
10.to roast meat or other food.
11.to undergo the process of becoming roasted.
–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.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME rosten (v.) < OF rostir < Gmc; cf. D roosten, G rösten]

—Related forms
roast·a·ble, adjective
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roast       (rōst)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts

v.   tr.
  1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals.
  2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat.
  3. To expose to great or excessive heat.
  4. Metallurgy To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting.
  5. Informal
    1. To ridicule or criticize harshly.
    2. To honor at or subject to a roast.

v.   intr.
  1. To cook food in an oven.
  2. To undergo roasting.

n.  
    1. Something roasted.
    2. A cut of meat suitable or prepared for roasting.
    3. The act or process of roasting.
    4. The state of being roasted.
    5. Harsh ridicule or criticism.
    6. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.
    1. The act or process of roasting.
    2. The state of being roasted.
    3. Harsh ridicule or criticism.
    4. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.
    1. Harsh ridicule or criticism.
    2. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.

adj.   Roasted: roast duck.


[Middle English rosten, from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
roast  (v.)
1297, from O.Fr. rostir, from Frank. *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 c.1330. Roast beef first recorded 1635.

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roast

adjective
1. (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven 

noun
1. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion 
2. negative criticism [syn: knock] 

verb
1. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey" 
2. subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Roast

Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st, r[=o]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]

1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.

In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon.

3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak.

5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.

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Roast

Roast\, v. i. 1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.

He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. --Chaucer.

2. To undergo the process of being roasted.

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Roast

Roast\, n. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.

A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. --Chaucer.

To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." --Shak.

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Roast

Roast\, a. [For roasted.] Roasted; as, roast beef.

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