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roast

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roast  (rst)
v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts
v.tr.
1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals.
2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat.
3. To expose to great or excessive heat.
4. Metallurgy To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting.
5. Informal
a. To ridicule or criticize harshly.
b. To honor at or subject to a roast.
v.intr.
1. To cook food in an oven.
2. To undergo roasting.
n.
1.
a. Something roasted.
b. A cut of meat suitable or prepared for roasting.
2.
a. The act or process of roasting.
b. The state of being roasted.
3.
a. Harsh ridicule or criticism.
b. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.
adj.
Roasted: roast duck.

[Middle English rosten, from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin.]

roast [rəʊst]
vb (mainly tr)
1. (Cookery) to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven
2. (Cookery) to brown or dry (coffee, etc.) by exposure to heat
3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt
4. to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc.
5. (intr) to be excessively and uncomfortably hot
6. Informal to criticize severely
n
(Cookery) something that has been roasted, esp meat
[from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast]
roaster  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.roastroast - a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
blade roast - a roast cut from the blade
pot roast - cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot
rib roast, standing rib roast - a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
top round - roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting
rump roast - a cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal
beef roast, roast beef - cut of beef suitable for roasting
roast veal, veal roast - cut of veal suitable for roasting
lamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting
pork roast, roast pork - cut of pork suitable for roasting
2.roast - negative criticism
criticism, critique - a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated"
Verb1.roast - cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
pan roast - roast in a pan; "pan-roast that meat"
2.roastroast - 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"
bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"
tease - mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"
lampoon, satirise, satirize - ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"
debunk, expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
stultify - cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
Adj.1.roast - (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat

roast
verb
1. cook, bake, grill, broil (U.S.), spit-roast I would rather roast a chicken whole.
2. criticize, condemn, censure, disparage, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), carp, put down, slate (informal), have a go (at) (informal), disapprove of, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, nag at, lambast(e), pick holes in, excoriate, pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon She was roasted by the critics.
Translations
roast [rəʊst]
A. Nasado m
B. ADJasado; [coffee] → torrefacto, tostado
roast beefrosbif m
C. VT
1. [+ meat] → asar; [+ coffee] → tostar
2. (fig) the sun which was roasting the cityel sol que achicharraba la ciudad
to roast one's feet by the fireasarse los pies junto al fuego
to roast o.s. in the suntostarse al sol
3. to roast sb (= criticize) → criticar a algn, censurar a algn; (= scold) → desollar vivo a algn
D. VI [meat] → asarse (fig) [person] → tostarse
we roasted there for a whole monthnos asamos allí durante un mes entero

roast [ˈrəʊst]
nrôti m
adj [potatoes, vegetables, meat] → rôti(e)
roast chicken → poulet m rôti
roast potatoes → pommes fpl de terre rôties
roast pork → rôti m de porc
roast lamb → agneau m rôti
vt [+ meat] → faire rôtir, rôtir
roast beef nrôti m de bœuf, rosbif m

roast
nBraten m; pork roastSchweinebraten m
adj pork, vealgebraten; potatoesin Fett im Backofen gebraten; roast chickenBrathähnchen nt; roast beefRoastbeef nt; we had roast porkes gab Schweinebraten
vt
meatbraten; chestnuts, coffee beans, orerösten; to roast oneself by the fire/in the sunsich am Feuer/in der Sonne braten lassen; to be roasted alive (fig)sich totschwitzen (inf); (by sun) → gebraten werden (inf) ? also roasting
(inf, = criticize) → ins Gericht gehen mit (inf)
vi (meat)braten; (inf, person) → irrsinnig schwitzen (inf); (in sun) → in der Sonne braten ? also roasting

roast [rəʊst]
1. narrosto
2. adjarrosto inv
3. vt (meat) → arrostire; (coffee) → tostare
4. viarrostire
I'm roasting! (fam) → sto crepando dal caldo!

roast [rəʊst]
1. narrosto
2. adjarrosto inv
3. vt (meat) → arrostire; (coffee) → tostare
4. viarrostire
I'm roasting! (fam) → sto crepando dal caldo!

roast
v roast [rəust]
1 to cook or be cooked in an oven, or over or in front of a fire etc to roast a chicken over the fire; The beef was roasting in the oven. bak يَشْوي لَحْما пека (се) péci stege braten ψήνω, ψήνομαι asar küpsetama, küpsema کباب کردن؛ برشته کردن paistaa (faire) rôtir/griller לִצלוֹת भूनना peći (se), pržiti (se) megsüt; (meg)sül memanggang steikja arrostire 焼く (화덕에 또는 꼬챙이에 꽂아 불에 직접) 굽다 (iš)kepti cept; cepties memasak dengan oven braden steke(s), bli stekt piec assar a (se) frige; a (se) coace жарить piecť peči peći steka ปิ้ง; อบ; ย่าง ızgarada/fırında pişirmek 燒烤 жарити(ся), смажити(ся) بھوننا nướng
2 to heat (coffee-beans) before grinding. rooster يُحَمِّص изпичам pražit riste rösten ψήνω, καβουρδίζω tostar pruunistama تف دادن paahtaa torréfier לִקלוֹת छिद्रान्वेषण करना pržiti pörköl (kávét) menggongseng rista torrefare いる 볶다 spraginti grauzdēt memanaskan branden brenne prażyć torrar a prăji поджаривать pražiť pražiti pržiti rosta ทำให้ร้อนก่อนบด kavurmak 烘烤 підсмажувати گرم کرنا sấy
adj
roasted roast beef/chestnuts. geroosterde مُحَمَّص печен pečený stegt; ristet gebraten,geröstet ψητός, ψημένος, καβουρδισμένος asado röstitud برشته شده paahdettu rôti, grillé צָלוּי भूनना, सेंकना pržen sült panggang/gongseng steiktur arrosto, arrostito 焼いた 구운 keptas, spragintas cepts; grauzdēts panggang gebraden, gepoft stekt, ristet, brent; –stek pieczony assado fript; prăjit жареный pečený pečen pržen stekt, rostad ปิ้ง; อบ; ย่าง kavrulmuş 燒烤的,烘烤的 смажений بھنا ہوا được nướng; sấy khô
n
meat that has been roasted or is for roasting She bought a roast; a delicious roast. braaivleis شِواء، لَحْم مَشْوي печено месо pečeně steg der Braten ψητό κρέας asado praeliha کباب؛ بریان شده paisti rôti צְלִי भजित्र, मांस, भुनी हुई वस्तु pečenka (egybe)sült hús daging panggang steik arrosto 焼肉 로스트 비프, 불고기용의 고기 kepsnys, mėsa kepsniui cepetis; cepešgaļa panggang braadstuk stek pieczeń assado friptură жаркое pečienka pečenka pečenje stek เนื้อย่าง; เนื้ออบ ızgarada/fırında pişmiş (et) 烤肉,用來燒烤的生肉 печеня, смаженя بھنا ہوا گوشت thịt nướng
adj roasting
very hot It's roasting outside. baie warm حار جِدا горещ parný stegende röstend πολύ ζεστός ardiendo kõrvetavalt kuum گرم؛ داغ paahtavan torride חָם מְאוֹד बहुत गर्मी, भूनने वाली užaren forró panas sekali steikjandi (molto caldo) あぶるように厚い 몹시 더운 baisiai karšta(s) ļoti karsts; svelmains sangat panas gloeiend stekende upalny muito quente torid, îngrozitor de cald жаркий sparný vroče vrelo stekhet ร้อนมาก kavurucu 炎熱的 дуже жарко بے حد گرم rất nóng

roast محمص pečený stegt gebraten ψημένος asado paistettu rôti pečen arrosto 焼いた 구운 geroosterd stekt pieczony assado жареный ugnstekt ที่อบ kavrulmuş quay 烘烤的


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"I smell roast beef cooking," he mumbled-- "underdone roast beef--with brown gravy over it.
From all the windows the candles were gleaming, and it smelt so deliciously of roast goose, for you know it was New Year's Eve; yes, of that she thought.
Perhaps if the roast of mutton or of beef--a big, generous one--were brought on the table and carved in full view of the client, that might give the right sense of earnestness and reality to the thing; but they don't do that, they pass the sliced meat around on a dish, and so you are perfectly calm, it does not stir you in the least.
 
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