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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
roast up en · VERB
Meanings
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(slang, transitive) To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.
She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.
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(transitive) To cook by roasting.
For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.
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(transitive) To roast fully or completely.
Then I took another big cast iron pot and put it on the fire. Into this I put some unground cholai and roasted it up good.
2011, Joseph S. Alter, Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, page 119:
Forms
Synonyms
slag off