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Meaning of 'roast'
Meaning of 'roast' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Roast 
[ a.]
- Roasted; as, roast beef. [ a.]2. Roast [ n.]
- That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been
roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. [ n.]3. Roast [ v. i.]
- To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or
in an oven. [ v. i.]- To undergo the process of being roasted.
4. Roast [ v. t.]
- 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. [ v. t.]- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
- To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
- Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
- To banter severely.
Meaning of 'roast' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. roast [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
Example in sentence:
- roast the turkey
Meaning (2):
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- subject to laughter or ridicule
Example in sentence:
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday;
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house;
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
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