Roasted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German
     origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st,
     r[=o]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]
     1. 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.
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     2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.;
        as, to roast a potato in ashes.
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              In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce
              difference to be discerned.           --BAcon.
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     3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee;
        to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
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     4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
        "Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak.
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     5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as
        ores.
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     6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roasted
       adj : (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: {roast}]