<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven</li><li>to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit</li><li>to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans</li><li>to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast chestnuts</li><li>to heat excessively: The summer sun has been roasting the entire countryside</li><li>Metallurgy: to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it</li><li>to warm at a hot fire: She roasted her hands over the fire</li><li>Informal: to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly</li><li>to honor with or subject to a roast: Friends roasted the star at a charity dinner</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion</li><li>a piece of meat for roasting</li><li>something that is roasted</li><li>the act or process of roasting</li><li>Informal: severe criticism</li><li>a facetious ceremonial tribute, usually concluding a banquet, in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted in a succession of speeches by friends and acquaintances</li><li>an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>roast beef</li></ul>