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Meaning:
Adjective:
- figurative subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized
- having been cooked by roasting
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Noun:
- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A gathering where the meal is being roasted
- (Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack or roasts, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
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Verb:
- figurative transitive To admonish someone vigorously
- figurative transitive To subject to bantering, severely criticize
- fraternal ((transitive)) To perform a comedy routine which critisizes the subject, to be the subject of such routines, to attend an event with such routines.
- intransitive To undergo roasting in any of the above senses
- transitive To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food.
- transitive To process by drying trough exposure to sun or artificial heat
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