roast

roast
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. grill, barbecue, broil, bake, toast, parch; slang, tease, ridicule. See heat, food.
II
(Roget's IV) n. Cuts of meat used as roasts include: shoulder, breast, rib, cross rib, rump, chuck, brisket, crown, leg, top round, bottom round, blade; Kinds of meat used for roasts include: lamb, beef, pork, veal, venison; see also meat . v.
Syn. broil, barbecue, bake; see cook .
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. bake cook, brown, broil, barbecue, sear.
2. ridicule make fun of, make sport of, put down, *rib, *kid, insult, slam, tease, taunt.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To feel or look hot: bake, broil1, burn, swelter. See HOT. 2. Informal. To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash. Slang: slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See PRAISE.

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