roasting

roast

R0268700 (rōst)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.

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

roasting

(ˈrəʊstɪŋ) adjextremely hotnsevere criticism

Thesaurus

Noun

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roasting - cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"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"barbecuing - roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open firebasting - moistening a roast as it is cooking

roasting

noun1. reprimand, dressing down (informal), chastisement, bawling-out (informal), criticism, discipline, condemnation, telling-off, castigation He was given a roasting from his boss.adjective1. blazing, baking, blistering, scorching, sizzling, sweltering, boiling hot, extremely hot Not all of Britain was roasting in the nineties today.

roasting

adjectiveMarked by much heat:ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid.

Translations

灼热的

roast

(rəust) verb1. 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. 燒烤 烤制2. to heat (coffee-beans) before grinding. 烘烤 烘，炒烤; adjective roasted. roast beef/chestnuts. 燒烤的，烘烤的 烧烤的 noun meat that has been roasted or is for roasting. She bought a roast; a delicious roast. 烤肉，用來燒烤的生肉 烤肉ˈroasting adjective very hot. It's roasting outside. 炎熱的 灼热的