roast
English
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 Old English brǣdan.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊst
Verb
roast (third-person singular simple present roasts, present participle roasting, simple past and past participle roasted)
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- to roast a potato in ashes
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- In eggs boiled and roasted […] there is scarce difference to be discerned.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- to roast chestnuts or peanuts
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- roasted in wrath and fire
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
- I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
- (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
Derived terms
Translations
to cook food by heating in an oven or fire
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to cook by surrounding with hot embers, etc.
to process by drying through heat-exposure
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to heat to excess; burn
to admonish someone vigorously
to banter, severely criticize
metalworking: to dissipate by heat
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Noun
roast (plural roasts)
- A cut of meat suited to roasting.
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- 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.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Derived terms
Translations
cut of meat
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meal
degree of roasting
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comical event
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Adjective
roast (not comparable)
- Having been cooked by roasting.
- Synonym: roasted
- (figuratively) Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
Derived terms
Translations
having been cooked by roasting
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subjected to roasting, bantered
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See also
References
- “roast”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
roast
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