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roast
English
Etymology
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *r?stijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijan? (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *rews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: r?st, IPA(key): /?o?st/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?st, IPA(key): /???st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Verb
roast (third-person singular simple present roasts, present participle roasting, simple past and past participle roasted)
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- Coordinate terms: bake, boil, broil, fry, grill, poach, toast
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously
- (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- (metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Derived terms
- roasting ear
- roasting jack
Translations
Noun
roast (plural roasts)
- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Derived terms
- nut roast
- roastmaster
Translations
Adjective
roast (not comparable)
- Having been cooked by roasting.
- Synonym: roasted
- (figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
Derived terms
- roast beef
Translations
See also
- barbecue
- chargrill
- grill
- joint
- roasties
Anagrams
- Astor, Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, rotas, sorta, taros, tarso-
Estonian
Noun
roast
- elative singular of roog
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stew
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /st???/
- (UK) IPA(key): /stju?/, /st?u?/
- (US) enPR: sto?o, IPA(key): /stu/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Hyphenation: stew
Etymology 1
From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extuf?re, from ex- + Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.
Noun
stew (usually uncountable, plural stews)
- (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14th-17thc.]
- (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14thc.]
- (archaic) A brothel. [from 14thc.]
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.
- 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh
- Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, 2006, p.37:
- Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
- 1650, Anthony Weldon, The Court and Character of King James I
- But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...
- 1650, Anthony Weldon, The Court and Character of King James I
- (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18thc.]
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
- I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
- (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
- (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
- (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
Synonyms
- (food) casserole, (Britain) hotpot
Coordinate terms
- casserole
- cassoulet
- goulash
- ragout
Derived terms
- cowboy stew
- Irish stew
- in a stew
- sonofabitch stew / son-of-a-gun stew
- stewpot
See also
- stew pond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of stews on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
Verb
stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
- (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
Synonyms
- (suffer under hot conditions): bake, boil, sweat, swelter
- (be in a state of elevated anxiety): brood, fret, sweat, worry
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.
Noun
stew (plural stews)
- A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
- 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 [1]:
- And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man […] .
- 1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears, 1992 edition, ?ISBN, page 480 [2]:
- " […] We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
- "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew, doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
- 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [3]:
- Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.
- 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 [1]:
Anagrams
- Tews, West, ewts, tews, west, wets
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