Roasting meaning : To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. To admonish someone vigorously To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. The act by which something is roasted. A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view). Very hot.