meaning of 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.
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.
5.
To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
6.
To banter severely.
7.
To cook meat, fish, etc. , by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
8.
To undergo the process of being roasted.
9.
That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.
10.
Roasted; as, roast beef.
11.
negative criticism


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