roast – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to roast
Participle: roasted
Gerund: roasting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of roast

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	roast
we	Let's roast
you	roast

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to make fun of

befool, bust on, clown around, gibe, gird, gleek, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, poke fun at, pull one's leg, razz, rib, satirize, scoff, scorn, take the mickey, tease, twit

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1297, from O.Fr. rostir, from Frank. *hraustjan (cf. O.H.G. rosten, M.Du. roosten "to roast"), from the same source as roster (q.v.). The meaning "make fun of in an affectionate way" is from 1710. The noun is attested from c.1330. Roast beef first recorded 1635.
2. From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”).
3. Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”).
4. The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb. See: Middle English 'rosten', Old French 'rostir', Proto-Germanic '*raustijaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'rosterje', Dutch 'roosten', German, old spelling 'rösten'.

Verbs referencing "roast"

German, old spelling rösten, Scots Gaelic ròst, Irish róst, Japanese いびる, German, Pennsylvania reeschde, German, Pennsylvania rooschde.

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