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• over-roast — /oʊvə ˈroʊst/ (say ohvuh rohst) verb (t) to roast to an excessive degree …  

• roast — [rōst] vt. [ME rosten < OFr rostir < Frank * raustjan, akin to OHG rosten < rost, gridiron, roast] 1. to cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers [to roast a chicken, an ox, an ear… …   English World dictionary

• roast — ► VERB 1) (with reference to food, especially meat) cook or be cooked by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire. 2) process (a foodstuff) by subjecting it to intense heat. 3) make or become very warm. 4) criticize or reprimand… …   English terms dictionary

• roast — roast1 [ roust ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to cook meat or vegetables in an oven or over a fire a ) to heat nuts or coffee BEANS until they are dry 2. ) transitive INFORMAL to criticize someone or something very severely roast roast 2… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• roast — I UK [rəʊst] / US [roʊst] verb Word forms roast : present tense I/you/we/they roast he/she/it roasts present participle roasting past tense roasted past participle roasted 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to cook meat or vegetables in an oven or… …   English dictionary

• roast — roast1 [rəust US roust] v [I and T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rostir] 1.) to cook something, such as meat, in an ↑oven or over a fire, or to cook in this way →↑grill, bake ↑bake ▪ Are you going to roast the chicken? ▪ the delicious… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• roast — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, aspic, assail, attack, bake, baked, banter, barbecue, baste, be in heat, blade roast, blanch, blaze, blister, bloom, boil, boiled, boiled meat, bouilli, braise, braised, breast, brew, brisket, broil,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• roast — 01. We [roasted] a chicken for supper on the last night we were camping. 02. My aunt and uncle made a delicious [roast] beef for dinner when we visited them. 03. I ll be back in a sec; I have to put the [roast] in the oven. 04. When we went to a… …   Grammatical examples in English

• roast — [[t]ro͟ʊst[/t]] roasts, roasting, roasted 1) VERB When you roast meat or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an oven or over a fire. [V n] I personally would rather roast a chicken whole. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Roast meat has been cooked by roasting.… …   English dictionary

• roast — roastable, adj. /rohst/, v.t. 1. to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, esp. in an oven. 2. to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit. 3. to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans. 4. to cook or …   Universalium