Learner’s Word of the Day=>Roast

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Learner’s Word of the Day

=>Roast   

 

Function: verb

Inflected forms:
roasts; roasted; roasting

Meanings:
1 a : to cook (food such as chicken, potatoes, or beef) with dry heat in an oven or over a fire
Examples:
[with object] <He roasted the chicken.>
[no object] <The chicken is roasting in the oven.>

1 b: to dry (something, such as a bean or nut) with heat
Examples:
[with object] <We roasted the peanuts over the fire.>
[no object] <The peanuts roasted over the fire.>

2 [no object] informal : to be very hot
Examples:
<We were roasting in the hot sun.>
<You must be roasting [=baking, sweltering] in that sweater.>

3 [with object] informal : to criticize (someone or something) severely
Example:
<The movie is being roasted by the critics.>

4 [with object] US, informal : to criticize (someone who is being honored at a special event) in a friendly or joking way :to tell jokes or funny stories about (someone)
Example:
<Friends and family roasted him at his 40th birthday party.>

Derived forms:
roasted adjective 
Examples:
<roasted potatoes/garlic/tomatoes>
<roasted coffee beans>
<roasted peanuts>

roasting adjective 
Examples:
<the smell of roasting meat>
<a roasting pan [=a pan used for roasting]>

Learn about roast as a noun andadjective.