Definitions
1.nounA cut of meat suited to roasting
2.nounA meal consisting of roast foods.
3.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."
4.nounA comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
5.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"
6.verbTo cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc."to roast a potato in ashes"
7.verbTo process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat"Coffee beans need roasting before use."
8.verbTo heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
9.verbTo admonish someone vigorously"I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time."
10.verbTo subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine."The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff."
11.verbTo dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
12.adjectiveHaving been cooked by roasting.
13.adjectiveSubjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.