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Meaning
Verb
●
In Cooking:
To
cook
food by
heating
in an
oven
or over a
fire
without
covering
,
resulting
in a
crisp
,
possibly
even
slightly
charred
appearance.
●
In Fire:
To
cook
by
surrounding
with
hot
embers
,
ashes
,
sand
, etc.
●
To process by
drying
through
exposure
to
sun
or
artificial
heat.
●
To
heat
to excess
; to
heat
violently
; to burn.
●
To
admonish
someone vigorously.
●
To
subject
to
bantering
,
severely
criticize
, sometimes as a
comedy
routine.
●
To
dissipate
the
volatile
parts
of by
heat
, as ores.
Noun
●
A
cut
of
meat
suited
to
roasting
;
meat
that has been roasted.
●
A
meal
consisting of
roast
foods.
●
The
degree
to which something, especially
coffee
, is roasted.
●
An
instance
of being
severely
admonished
,
criticized
, roasted.
●
A
comical
event
,
originally
fraternal
, where a person is
subjected
to
verbal
attack
, yet may be
praised
by
sarcasm
and jokes.
●
In American English, Canadian English & Cooking:
A social
event
at which food is
roasted
and eaten.
●
A
creative
insult
as a
response
to something someone said.
Adj
●
In Cooking & Meats:
Having been
cooked
by roasting.
●
Subjected to
roasting
;
bantered
;
severely
criticized.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
roast
English
rosten
Middle English (1100-1500)
rostir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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