Meaning of "roast" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROAST

From Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ROAST

rəʊst

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAST

Roast is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb roast in English.

WHAT DOES ROAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roasting

Roasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat, whether an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance flavor through caramelization and Maillard browning on the surface of the food. Roasting uses indirect, diffused heat, and is suitable for slower cooking of meat in a larger, whole piece. Meats and most root and bulb vegetables can be roasted. Any piece of meat, especially red meat, that has been cooked in this fashion is called a roast. In addition, large uncooked cuts of meat are referred to as roasts. A roast joint of meat can take one, two, even three hours to cook - the resulting meat is tender. Also, meats and vegetables prepared in this way are described as "roasted", e.g., roasted chicken or roasted squash.

Definition of roast in the English dictionary

The first definition of roast in the dictionary is to cook by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven. Other definition of roast is to brown or dry by exposure to heat. Roast is also to heat in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROAST

PRESENT

Present

I roast

you roast

he/she/it roasts

we roast

you roast

they roast

Present continuous

I am roasting

you are roasting

he/she/it is roasting

we are roasting

you are roasting

they are roasting

Present perfect

I have roasted

you have roasted

he/she/it has roasted

we have roasted

you have roasted

they have roasted

Present perfect continuous

I have been roasting

you have been roasting

he/she/it has been roasting

we have been roasting

you have been roasting

they have been roasting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I roasted

you roasted

he/she/it roasted

we roasted

you roasted

they roasted

Past continuous

I was roasting

you were roasting

he/she/it was roasting

we were roasting

you were roasting

they were roasting

Past perfect

I had roasted

you had roasted

he/she/it had roasted

we had roasted

you had roasted

they had roasted

Past perfect continuous

I had been roasting

you had been roasting

he/she/it had been roasting

we had been roasting

you had been roasting

they had been roasting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will roast

you will roast

he/she/it will roast

we will roast

you will roast

they will roast

Future continuous

I will be roasting

you will be roasting

he/she/it will be roasting

we will be roasting

you will be roasting

they will be roasting

Future perfect

I will have roasted

you will have roasted

he/she/it will have roasted

we will have roasted

you will have roasted

they will have roasted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been roasting

you will have been roasting

he/she/it will have been roasting

we will have been roasting

you will have been roasting

they will have been roasting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would roast

you would roast

he/she/it would roast

we would roast

you would roast

they would roast

Conditional continuous

I would be roasting

you would be roasting

he/she/it would be roasting

we would be roasting

you would be roasting

they would be roasting

Conditional perfect

I would have roast

you would have roast

he/she/it would have roast

we would have roast

you would have roast

they would have roast

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been roasting

you would have been roasting

he/she/it would have been roasting

we would have been roasting

you would have been roasting

they would have been roasting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you roast
we let´s roast
you roast

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to roast

Past participle

roasted

Present Participle

roasting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ROAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «roast» and belong to the same grammatical category.

bake · blast · broil · carp · censure · condemn · cook · criticize · disparage · diss · excoriate · flame · grill · knock · pan · put down · slam · slate · spit-roast · tear into

TRANSLATION OF ROAST

Find out the translation of roast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of roast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roast» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 烘烤的
• Translator English - Spanish: asado
• English: roast
• Translator English - Hindi: रोस्ट
• Translator English - Arabic: مُحَمَّص
• Translator English - Russian: жареный
• Translator English - Portuguese: assado
• Translator English - Bengali: ভাজা
• Translator English - French: rôti
• Translator English - Malay: Panggang
• Translator English - German: gebraten
• Translator English - Japanese: 焼いた
• Translator English - Korean: 구운
• Translator English - Javanese: Panggang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quay
• Translator English - Tamil: வறுத்த
• Translator English - Marathi: भाजून
• Translator English - Turkish: rosto
• Translator English - Italian: arrosto
• Translator English - Polish: pieczony
• Translator English - Ukrainian: смажений
• Translator English - Romanian: fript
• Translator English - Greek: ψημένος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gebraai
• Translator English - Swedish: ugnstekt
• Translator English - Norwegian: stekt

10 QUOTES WITH «ROAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word roast.

1

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis.

2

Steve Albini

For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.

3

Carol Alt

My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8" and weighed 165 pounds.

4

Katy B

I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget what ingredients to put in. But I do a lasagna that's a crowd-pleaser, and a good lemon drizzle cake, which I take to my mom's for the Sunday roast to fatten the family up.

5

Joe Bastianich

Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

6

April Bloomfield

I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!

7

Humphrey Bogart

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

8

Hamish Bowles

My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.

9

Marian Burros

It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy.

10

Julia Child

I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine. And then we had one of those lovely scalloped dishes and the lovely, creamery buttery sauce. Then we had a roast duck and I don't know what else.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAST»

Discover the use of roast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig & Other Essays

Exploring the joys of food and also our complicated social relationship with it, these essays are by turns sensuous, mischievous, lyrical and self-mocking.

Charles Lamb, 2011

How to Roast a Pig: From Oven-Roasted Tenderloin to ...

How to Roast a Pig teaches you the five main methods for cooking the perfect pork, and how to choose what to cook with each method. Whether you’re looking for whole hog roast or a pulled pork sandwich, author Tom Rea has you covered.

Tom Rea, 2013

Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes ...

Quick-witted Cuy fools Tio Antonio not once, but three times. Combining striking wood block artwork with an authentic South American voice this sly trickster tale shows that clever thinking is key when you're out-foxing the fox.

Barbara Knutson, 2004

I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning ...

A comedian and Dancing with the Stars contestant dubbed a "one man verbal assault unit" offers anecdotes and deconstructs the makings of a great roast--based on his own career as the Friars' Club Roastmaster General.

Jeffrey Ross, 2009

Left Coast Roast: A Guide to the Best Coffee and Roasters ...

A coffee primer Ñ with notes on lingo, varieties, roasting basics, and how to brew the perfect cup Ñ makes this an ideal guide to the coffee obsessed. Drink up!

Hanna Neuschwander, 2012

How to Roast a Lamb: New Greek Classic Cooking

In How to Roast a Lamb, the self-taught chef offers recipes from his restaurants and his home in this, his much-anticipated first cookbook.

Michael Psilakis, 2009

Second Helpings of Roast Chicken

Second Helpings of Roast Chicken takes forty-seven of Simon Hopkinson's favourite ingredients as a starting point.

Simon Hopkinson, 2011

Roast Mortem

Clare Cosi, manager and head barista of the landmark Village Blend coffeehouse, has perfected the art of steaming hot espresso.

Cleo Coyle, 2010

Roast Chicken and Other Stories

With Roast Chicken and Other Stories you'll end up with a host of delectable dishes that happen to be utterly doable, even if Simon Hopkinson is one of Britain's great chefs. I love this collection, both the recipes and the stories!

Simon Hopkinson, 2013

Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of ...

The stories in Hoosh are linked by the ingenuity, good humor, and indifference to gruel that make Anthony’s tale as entertaining as it is enlightening.

Jason C. Anthony, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roast is used in the context of the following news items.

Iowa's 'Roast and Ride': 5 takeaways

The “Roast and Ride” event was tailor-made for Walker, the neighboring Wisconsin governor who's already leading the field in Iowa polls. He stood out Saturday ... «Politico, Jun 15»

School serves 4-year-old pork roast in cafeteria gross-out

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. — An East Tennessee school district has implemented new food handling procedures after years-old pork roast was served to students ... «New York Post, Apr 15»

Justin Bieber and the History of the Roast

The teen-dream-turned-angsty-20-something is the latest victim/guest of honor of a comedy roast, which will air at 10pm EST but was filmed earlier this month. «TIME, Mar 15»

Justin Bieber Still Trying To Explain His Comedy Central Roast …

Justin Bieber may have gotten the “ass-whopping” he deserved during his Comedy Central Roast, but when all the jokes were done, the pop star took some time ... «MTV.com, Mar 15»

Paul Walker Jokes Will Be Cut from Justin Bieber's Roast

There were a few jokes made about the late "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker during the "The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber" -- but you won't see ... «ABC News, Mar 15»

Martha Stewart to 'Roast' Justin Bieber

Say what?! Martha Stewart is slated to roast Justin Bieber, 21, later this month for his Comedy Central special that airs later this month. The mogul will join ... «ABC News, Mar 15»

Justin Bieber really wants Seth Rogen to roast him

Justin Bieber doesn't seem to be afraid of his upcoming Comedy Central roast, seeing as he's specifically requesting an appearance by Seth Rogen, the man ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 15»

Justin Bieber --I'm Gonna Get Hannibal Lectured At the Roast

0215-justin-bieber-jeff-ross-hanniabl-buress-tmz- Comedy Central is pulling out the big guns for Justin Bieber's roast ... and we've learned two comedians who ... «TMZ.com, Feb 15»

Aamir Khan criticised for 'double standards' on 'AIB Roast …

The usually sporting and a socially conscientious Aamir Khan recently shared his thoughts on the much-discussed AIB 'roast' of Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»

Aamir Khan on AIB Roast: I personally have a problem with what …

Bollywood's Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan lashed out at his colleagues and friends Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor for being a part of the AIB Roast. The actor, while ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»