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  • 31roast — 01. We [roasted] a chicken for supper on the last night we were camping. 02. My aunt and uncle made a delicious [roast] beef for dinner when we visited them. 03. I ll be back in a sec; I have to put the [roast] in the oven. 04. When we went to a… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 32roast — [[t]ro͟ʊst[/t]] roasts, roasting, roasted 1) VERB When you roast meat or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an oven or over a fire. [V n] I personally would rather roast a chicken whole. 2) ADJ: ADJ n Roast meat has been cooked by roasting.… …

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  • 33roast — I. verb Etymology: Middle English rosten, from Anglo French rostir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rōsten to roast Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34roast — roastable, adj. /rohst/, v.t. 1. to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, esp. in an oven. 2. to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit. 3. to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans. 4. to cook or …

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  • 35roast — roast1 [ roust ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to cook meat or vegetables in an oven or over a fire a ) to heat nuts or coffee BEANS until they are dry 2. ) transitive INFORMAL to criticize someone or something very severely roast roast 2… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36roast — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to cook something, such as meat, in an oven or over a fire 2 (I, T) to heat nuts, coffee, beans etc quickly in order to dry them and give them a particular taste: dry roasted peanuts 3 (T) informal to strongly criticize or make… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37roast — I UK [rəʊst] / US [roʊst] verb Word forms roast : present tense I/you/we/they roast he/she/it roasts present participle roasting past tense roasted past participle roasted 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to cook meat or vegetables in an oven or… …

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  • 38roast — [[t]roʊst[/t]] v. t. 1) coo to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as in an oven or over live coals 2) coo to parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans 3) to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread — Infobox Album | Name = Roast Fish Collie Weed Corn Bread Type = Album Artist = Lee Perry Released = late April 1978 Recorded = Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica Genre = Reggae Length = ??? Label = Upsetter Producer = Lee Perry Reviews = *Allmusic… …

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  • 40roast — n. 1) to make a roast 2) a chuck; eye; lamb; pork; pot; rib; veal roast * * * [rəʊst] eye lamb pork pot rib veal roast a chuck to make a roast …

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