ROAST

I. verb Etymology: Middle English rosten, from Anglo-French rostir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rōsten to ~ Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by surrounding with hot embers, sand, or stones , to dry and parch by exposure to heat , to heat (inorganic material) with access of air and without fusing to effect change (as expulsion of volatile matter, oxidation, or removal of sulfur from sulfide ores), to heat to excess , to subject to severe criticism or ridicule , to honor (a person) at a ~, intransitive verb to cook food by heat, to undergo being ~ed, II. noun Date: 14th century a piece of meat suitable for ~ing, a gathering at which food is ~ed before an open fire or in hot ashes or sand, an act or process of ~ing, a banquet honoring a person (as a celebrity) who is subjected to humorous tongue-in-cheek ridicule by friends, III. adjective Date: 14th century that has been ~ed