[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roast.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / roast [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/R/) # 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#m1) 2) As an adjective, cooked in this way: "roast chicken", "roast potatoes". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#m2) 3) As a noun, a piece of roasted meat or a big meal with it: "Sunday roast". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#m3) 4) Informally, to be very hot: "I'm roasting!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#m4) ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x1) - 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x2) - 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x3) - 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x4) - 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x5) - 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x6) - We roasted marshmallows over the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x7) - Dad roasts a chicken every Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x8) - Roast potatoes are crispy on the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x9) - We had a roast dinner at Grandma's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x10) - Roast the carrots for forty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x11) - I'm roasting in this coat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x12) - The smell of roast beef filled the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x13) - The apples were beginning to roast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/#x14) ### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/5/) - [Only after fermenting, drying and roasting do they start to smell of chocolate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/5/) - [Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and smell of chocolate only after fermenting, drying and roasting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/14/) - [The Woman throws Wild Dog a roast bone, and he wants more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/5/) - [A word that sounds cool in a headset sounds very different over roast potatoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/14/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «roast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.