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adjective

Roast adj. Roasted; as, roast beef.

noun

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)."

To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast."

verb

Roast v. t. (past & past part. roasted; pres. part. roasting)

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.

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."

To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire."

(Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

To banter severely. (Colloq.)

Roast v. i.

To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. "He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry."

To undergo the process of being roasted.

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Etymology of 'Roast'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Roast" Quotes from Famous Books

... ask the Guide to roast the root, till it is brown and crisp, then grind it in a coffee-mill, and use it to make coffee. Some people think it better than real coffee; at any rate, the doctors say it is much healthier, for it is nourishing ...

— Woodland Tales • Ernest Seton-Thompson

... it. "We've got a big balance of 'em," he said, "if we can get 'em all to Boise. They'll probably roast me in the East." And they did. Hearing how forty took three hundred, but let one escape (and a few more on the march home), the superannuated cattle of the War Department sat sipping their drink at the club in Washington, ...

— Red Men and White • Owen Wister

... and fermium ({100}Fm), were originally found in the debris from the thermonuclear device "Mike," which was detonated on Eniwetok atoll November 1952. (This method of creating new substances is somewhat more extravagant than the mythical Chinese method of burning down a building to get a roast pig.) ...

— A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis • Glen W. Watson

... received to-day an ungracious letter from Uncle Leopold. He appears to me to be nettled because I no longer ask for his advice, but dear Uncle is given to believe that he must rule the roast everywhere. However, that is not a necessity. As he has written to Melbourne, Melbourne will reply to him on every point, and will also tell him that Stockmar ought to come here as soon as possible to arrange everything ...

— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) • Queen Victoria

... made up his mind as to the best course to adopt. Smoke was already penetrating the cracks of the doorway. If he were to escape, it must be through the window. At that instant he thought of poor old Hakesh, and wondered what was happening to him. Where was he? Did they intend to roast him too? ...

— Under the Rebel's Reign • Charles Neufeld

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