| Roast: English to English |
| Roast (a.) Roasted; as, roast beef. |
| Roast (n.) That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. |
| Roast (v. i.) To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. |
| Roast (v. i.) To undergo the process of being roasted. |
| Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. |
| Roast (v. t.) To banter severely. |
| Roast (v. t.) 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. |
| Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. |
| Roast (v. t.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. |
| Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. |