Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roast"
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[^o]tir; of German
origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st,
r[=o]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.
``Roasted in wrath and fire.'' --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. ``The
new-made duke that rules the roast.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roast \Roast\, a. [For roasted.]
Roasted; as, roast beef.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roast
adj : (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: {roasted}]
n 1: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
slicing into more than one portion [syn: {joint}]
2: negative criticism [syn: {knock}]
v : cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
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