Definitionen
1.VerbTo 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"
2.VerbTo cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc."to roast a potato in ashes"
3.VerbTo process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat."Coffee beans need roasting before use.; to roast chestnuts or peanuts"
4.VerbTo heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
5.VerbTo admonish someone vigorously."I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time."
6.VerbTo subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine."He roasted a bully who then fought with him.; The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff."
7.VerbTo dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
8.NounA piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted."Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes."
9.NounA meal consisting of roast foods."Come over this weekend for Sunday roast."
10.NounThe 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."
11.NounAn instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
12.NounA comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
13.NounA social event at which food is roasted and eaten."On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard."
14.NounA creative insult as a response to something someone said.
15.AdjectiveHaving been cooked by roasting.
16.AdjectiveSubjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized. (Can we add an example for this sense?)