v., adj., & n.
--v.
1. tr. a cook (food, esp. meat) in an oven or by exposure to open heat. b heat (coffee beans) before grinding.
2 tr. heat (the ore of metal) in a furnace.
3 tr. a expose (a torture victim) to fire or great heat. b tr. & refl. expose (oneself or part of oneself) to warmth.
4 tr. criticize severely, denounce.
5 intr. undergo roasting.
--attrib.adj. (of meat or a potato, chestnut, etc.) roasted.
--n.
1. a roast meat. b a dish of this. c a piece of meat for roasting.
2 the process of roasting.
3 US a party where roasted food is eaten.
Etymology: ME f. OF rost, rostir, f. Gmc