roast

«roast» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To cook food, like meat or vegetables, in an oven or over… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (roast, roasts, roasted, roasting); noun (a roast, roasts); adjective (roast)

meaning for a pupil

1) To cook food, like meat or vegetables, in an oven or over a fire. tree →

2) As an adjective, cooked in this way: "roast chicken", "roast potatoes". tree →

3) As a noun, a piece of roasted meat or a big meal with it: "Sunday roast". tree →

4) Informally, to be very hot: "I'm roasting!" tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Passover lamb had to be roasted whole over fire, not boiled or eaten raw. Interpretation: Tradition says roasting recalls the haste of leaving Egypt, and the Seder still remembers the roasted lamb with a roasted bone on the plate. In the primary lessons: In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, many families have a Sunday roast. In cooking lessons pupils learn that roasting uses dry heat. Around a campfire people roast marshmallows. Phrases: Sunday roast, roast dinner, roast potatoes, roast marshmallows.

examples

• And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. (Torah EXO.12.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. (Torah DEU.16.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people. (Writings 2CH.35.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• He burneth the half thereof in the fire; with the half thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith: 'Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire'; (Prophets ISA.44.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.' (Prophets 1SA.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• We roasted marshmallows over the campfire. tree →
• Dad roasts a chicken every Sunday. tree →
• Roast potatoes are crispy on the outside. tree →
• We had a roast dinner at Grandma's. tree →
• Roast the carrots for forty minutes. tree →
• I'm roasting in this coat! tree →
• The smell of roast beef filled the kitchen. tree →
• The apples were beginning to roast. tree →

note

Regular verb: roast, roasted. As an adjective people say "roast chicken" more than "roasted chicken". In maths cooking problems, time is often given per kilogram: if 1 kilogram takes 45 minutes, 2 kilograms take 90 minutes. Safety: use oven gloves; roasting tins are very hot.

In the corpora

• Carve a roast chicken and you can count two legs, two wings and two breasts, each a different muscle.
• Only after fermenting, drying and roasting do they start to smell of chocolate.
• Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and smell of chocolate only after fermenting, drying and roasting.
• The Woman throws Wild Dog a roast bone, and he wants more.
• A word that sounds cool in a headset sounds very different over roast potatoes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «roast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.