To Roast

1. (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
2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
3. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
4. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
5. (transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously
6. (transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
7. (metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.