| • | 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. |
| • | To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. |
| • | To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. |
| • | Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. |
| • | To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. |
| • | To banter severely. |
| • | To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. |
| • | To undergo the process of being roasted. |
| • | That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. |
| • | Roasted; as, roast beef. |
