roast
verbEtymology
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.
Definitions
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp,…
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- to roast meat on a spit
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- to roast a potato in ashes
- In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned.
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- to roast chestnuts or peanuts
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To heat to excess
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- roasted in wrath and fire
To admonish someone vigorously.
- I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
A piece of meat suited to roasting
A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- Near-synonym: joint
- Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.
A meal consisting of roast foods.
- Come over this weekend for Sunday roast.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.
An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet…
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard.
A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
Having been cooked by roasting.
Subjected to roasting
Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
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Derived
broast, overroast, reroast, roastability, roastable, roastee, roasterie, roastery, roasting cylinder, roasting ear, roasting jack, roasting pan, roasting tin, roast up, there is reason in the roasting of eggs, underroast, ribroast, unroast, bull roast, corn roast, crown roast, nut roast, pork roast, pot roast, prate-roast, roastage, roastmaster, rule the roast, spit roast, Sunday roast, wiener roast, roast beef, roast-beef plant, roast dinner, roastie, roast iron, roast-meat clothes, roast pork, roasty
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at roast. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at roast. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at roast
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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