roasted

5 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to cook food in an oven or over a fire:

Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon.

figurative We lay on the beach and roasted (= got very hot) in the Mediterranean sun.

to heat nuts or coffee beans so that they become drier and browner

to criticize severely or speak angrily to someone:

Critics roasted him for exploiting racial stereotypes.

to humorously criticize and make jokes about a famous person at a public event honouring that person, as a part of the event:

He's known for roasting big-name celebrities on his Comedy Central shows.