roast

Definitions

• (transitive) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
• To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
• (transitive) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
• To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
• (transitive) To admonish someone vigorously
• (transitive) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
• (metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.