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roast
- /ɹoʊst/ US
- /ɹəʊst/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊst
Where it comes from
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 *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”).
Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”).
The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.
verb roasts · roasting · roasted · rost
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. to roast meat on a spit
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. to roast a potato in ashes
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat. Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. roasted in wrath and fire
- To admonish someone vigorously. I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
- To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
- To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
noun roasts · rost
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A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
Near-synonym: joint
Similar: joint
- A meal consisting of roast foods. Come over this weekend for Sunday roast.
- 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.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. “He ain’t no good!” With this she steps back to the table where Miss Montague has just tired of the Cuban, slips her arms about that seraph’s waist, and says: “Your Frank is in Washington and my Jasper has just given me a roast. Reckon we’ll both have to be bachelor girls to-night.”
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard.
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A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
Similar: burn
adjective rost
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Having been cooked by roasting.
Similar: roasted
- Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
Translations
Every language
verb to cook food by heating in an oven or fire
| Español | asar, rostir, rustir, rostizar, tatemar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 굽다 gupda |
| 日本語 | あぶり焼きにする aburiyaki ni suru, 焼く yaku, あぶる aburu, ローストする rōsuto suru, 炒る iru, 煎る iru |
| 中文 | 燒 /烧 shāo, 烤 kǎo, 炙烤 zhìkǎo |
| हिन्दी | भूनना bhūnnā, भुनाना bhunānā |
| Português | assar |
| Français | rôtir |
| Deutsch | braten, rösten |
| Italiano | arrostire |
| Ελληνικά | ψήνω psíno, καβουρδίζω kavourdízo |
| Română | frige |
| Русский | жа́рить žáritʹ, зажа́рить zažáritʹ, поджа́рить podžáritʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nướng |
| العربية | شَوَى šawā, صَلَى ṣalā, قَلَى qalā, حَمَّرَ ḥammara |
verb to process by drying through heat-exposure
| हिन्दी | सेंकना sẽknā |
|---|---|
| Português | torrar |
| Français | rôtir |
| Deutsch | rösten |
| Italiano | arrostire |
| Română | prăji, deshidrata |
verb to admonish someone vigorously
| 日本語 | 酷評する kokuhyō suru |
|---|
noun piece of meat
| Español | carne asada, asado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ロースト用の肉 rōsuto-yō no niku |
| Português | assado |
| Français | rôti |
| Deutsch | Braten |
| Italiano | arrosto |
| Română | friptură |
| Русский | жарко́е žarkóje |
| עברית | צָלִי tzalí |
noun comical event
| Español | brindis cómico, vejamen |
|---|---|
| Français | bien-cuit |
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