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Roast
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- 1 Having been cooked by roasting. not-comparable
- 2 Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized. figuratively, not-comparable
- 1 (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven wordnet
- 1 A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
"Near-synonym: joint"
- 2 negative criticism wordnet
- 3 A meal consisting of roast foods.
"Come over this weekend for Sunday roast."
- 4 a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
"“He ain’t no good!” With this she steps back to the table where Miss Montague has just tired of the Cuban, slips her arms about that seraph’s waist, and says: “Your Frank is in Washington and my Jasper has just given me a roast. Reckon we’ll both have to be bachelor girls to-night.”"
- 7 A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- 8 A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. Canada, US
"On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard."
- 9 A creative insult as a response to something someone said. slang
- 1 To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. ergative, intransitive, transitive
"to roast meat on a spit"
- 2 cook with dry heat, usually in an oven wordnet
- 3 To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. transitive
"to roast a potato in ashes"
- 4 subject to laughter or ridicule wordnet
- 5 To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat. ergative, intransitive, transitive
"Coffee beans need roasting before use."
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- 6 To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
"roasted in wrath and fire"
- 7 To admonish someone vigorously. figuratively, transitive
"I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time."
- 8 To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. figuratively, transitive
"He roasted a bully who then fought with him."
- 9 To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
Etymology
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 *rews- (“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”).
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 *rews- (“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”).
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 *rews- (“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”).
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