roast : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roast	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for roast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roast adj (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast, roasted] n a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion Synonym(s): roast, joint negative criticism Synonym(s): knock, roast v cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey" 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" Synonym(s): ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[93]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[omac]sten, G. r[94]sten, fr. OHG. r[omac]st, r[omac]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. 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. [bd]Roasted in wrath and fire.[b8] --Shak. 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roast \Roast\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roast \Roast\, n. 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. [bd]The new-made duke that rules the roast.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roast \Roast\, a. [For roasted.] Roasted; as, roast beef.