verb Download 🔗Share To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. Examples : "to roast meat on a spit" food utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. Examples : "to roast a potato in ashes" food utensil process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat Examples : "Coffee beans need roasting before use." food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. Examples : "The sun roasted the pavement all afternoon, making it too hot to walk on barefoot. " food action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To admonish someone vigorously Examples : "I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time." communication language attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. Examples : "The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff." entertainment media communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. Examples : "The metallurgists roasted the ore to remove impurities. " material chemistry substance process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Cooked by roasting. Examples : "We had roasted chicken for dinner last night. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading