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verb | noun | adjective roastroast1 /roʊst/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYroast1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French rostir VERB TABLEroast |
| Present | I, you, we, they | roast | | he, she, it | roasts | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | roasted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have roasted | | he, she, it | has roasted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had roasted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will roast | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have roasted |
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| Present | I | am roasting | | he, she, it | is roasting | | you, we, they | are roasting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was roasting | | you, we, they | were roasting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been roasting | | he, she, it | has been roasting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been roasting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be roasting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been roasting |
THESAURUS to prepare food for eating by using heat► cook to prepare food for eating by using heat: Mom taught me to cook. It’s important to cook the meat thoroughly. ► make to make food ready to eat, with or without using heat: Do you want to help me make cookies? ► prepare formal to make food ready to eat: She started to prepare the Thanksgiving meal early in the morning. ► bake to cook food such as bread or cake in the oven: I was planning to bake a cake for his birthday. ► toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread: Toast both sides of the bread before adding the topping. ► roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven: Roast the beef for one and a half or two hours. ► fry to cook food in oil on the top part of an oven: Grandma taught me how to fry chicken. ► sauté to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of oil: Sauté the onions until they look clear. ► deep fry to fry food in a pan containing a lot of hot oil: The doughnuts are deep fried and delicious. ► broil to cook food by placing it near to strong heat from above: The burgers are broiled, not fried. ► grill to cook food over strong heat, especially over flames: They grilled the steaks on an iron grill. ► barbecue to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors: We’re planning to barbecue chicken and vegetables at the picnic. ► steam to cook vegetables by placing them in a container over very hot water so that the steam from the hot water cooks them: Steam the broccoli until it turns bright green. ► boil to cook vegetables in very hot water on the top part of the oven: I put the potatoes in a pot to boil them. ► microwave to cook food in a microwave oven: You can microwave the leftovers for a couple of minutes to heat them up. 1[intransitive, transitive] to cook something, such as meat, in an oven or over a fire
► see thesaurus at cook12[intransitive, transitive] to heat nuts, coffee beans, etc. quickly in order to dry them and give them a pleasant taste: dry-roasted peanuts3[transitive] informal to strongly criticize or make insulting remarks about someone or something: Many fans roasted the players after the game. verb | noun | adjective roastroast2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1a large piece of roasted meat → see also pot roast2an occasion at which people celebrate a special event in someone’s life by telling funny stories or giving speeches: We’re going to have a roast for Jack when he retires.3an outdoor party at which food is cooked on an open fire SYN cookout: an oyster roast verb | noun | adjective roastroast3 ●●○ adjective [only before noun] roasted: roast beef |