roast
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) enPR: rōst, IPA(key): /ɹoʊst/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rōst, IPA(key): /ɹəʊst/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊst
VerbEdit
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
- 1631, [Francis Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- 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, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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 by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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
to heat to excess; burn
to admonish someone vigorously
to banter, severely criticize
metalworking: to dissipate by heat
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NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
cut of meat
meal
comical event
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AdjectiveEdit
roast (not comparable)
- Having been cooked by roasting.
- Synonym: roasted
- (figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
having been cooked by roasting
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subjected to roasting, bantered
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