“roasts” is a form of
roast
UK /ɹəʊst/ · US /ɹoʊst/ verb, noun, adjective
Forms roasts roasting roasted rost
- verb (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. “to roast meat on a spit”
- verb (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. “to roast a potato in ashes”
- verb (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat. “Coffee beans need roasting before use.”
- verb To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- verb (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously. “I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.”
- verb (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. “He roasted a bully who then fought with him.”
- verb (metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
- noun A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted. “Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.”
- noun A meal consisting of roast foods. “Come over this weekend for Sunday roast.”
- noun The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. “Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.”
- noun An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- noun A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- noun (Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. “On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard.”
- noun (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- adjective Having been cooked by roasting.
- adjective (figuratively) Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
Synonyms
joint burn roasted knock ridicule guy blackguard laugh at jest at rib make fun poke fun
Etymology
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”).
Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”).
The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
- verb To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
- verb To undergo the process of being roasted.
Etymology [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rosten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rost, rosta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]
Etymology [For roasted.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “roast”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details