From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roast
adj 1: (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast,
roasted]
n 1: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint]
2: negative criticism [syn: knock, roast]
v 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, roast,
guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, {make
fun}, poke fun]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Roast \Roast\, a. [For roasted.]
Roasted; as, roast beef.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.;
as, to roast a potato in ashes.
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In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce
difference to be discerned. --BAcon.
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3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee;
to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
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4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
"Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak.
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5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as
ores.
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6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Roast \Roast\, v. i.
1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or
in an oven.
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He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry.
--Chaucer.
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2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Roast \Roast\, n.
That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been
roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.
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A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast].
--Chaucer.
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To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The
new-made duke that rules the roast." --Shak.
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