¹ roast verb

• to cook (food such as chicken, potatoes, or beef) with dry heat in an oven or over a fire
• to dry (something, such as a bean or nut) with heat
• to be very hot

² roast noun

• a piece of meat that is roasted
• an outdoor party at which food is cooked over an open fire
• an event at which someone is honored and people tell jokes or funny stories about that person in a friendly way

³ roast adjective

• cooked by roasting