roast

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: jointknockridiculeguyblackguardlaugh atjest atribmake funpoke funroasted

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portionSynonyms: joint
  2. negative criticismSynonyms: knock

Verb (2)

  1. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven“roast the turkey”
  2. subject to laughter or ridicule“The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house”“The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher”“His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday”Synonyms: ridiculeguyblackguardlaugh atjest atribmake funpoke fun

Adjective (1)

  1. (meat) cooked by dry heat in an ovenSynonyms: roasted
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Roast \Roast\, v. i.

1.To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. [1913 Webster]

He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.To undergo the process of being roasted. [1913 Webster]

Roast \Roast\, n. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. [1913 Webster]

A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st, r[=o]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to 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. [1913 Webster]

2.To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. [1913 Webster]

In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned.— BAcon.[1913 Webster]

3.To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. [1913 Webster]

4.Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.(Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. [1913 Webster]

6.To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

Roast \Roast\, a. [For roasted.] Roasted; as, roast beef. [1913 Webster]
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