Word

roast, v.
(roasted, roasting, roasts)
freq. cnt. 4

cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

roast

sample sentences

"roast the turkey"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
The chefs %s the vegetables

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

roasting roaster roast roaster

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

cooking, cookery, preparation

hypernym

cook

hyponym

pan roast

subject to laughter or ridicule
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

blackguard guy jest at laugh at make fun poke fun rib ridicule roast

sample sentences

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"
"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"
"His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"