Roast

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.]
	2.	To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. - BAcon.
	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.	(Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
	6.	To banter severely.
v. i.	1.	To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. - Chaucer.
	2.	To undergo the process of being roasted.
n.	1.	That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. - Chaucer. To rule the roast to be at the head of affairs. - Shak.
a.	1.	Roasted; as, roast beef.

Noun	1.	roast - a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion Synonyms: joint
	2.	roast - negative criticism Synonyms: knock
Verb	1.	roast - cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
	2.	roast - 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: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib
Adj.	1.	roast - (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven Synonyms: roasted

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