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rösten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • broil verb To cook food directly under or over strong heat.
  • corrode verb To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
  • parch verb To scorch or burn something on the surface.
  • roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.
  • rust noun The reddish-brown coating that forms on iron or steel when it reacts with moisture and oxygen over time.
  • toast noun Sliced bread browned by heat.

Senses

rösten is used for these senses in English:

  • corrode (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
  • parch (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.
  • roast (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
  • rust (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
  • toast (intransitive, specifically) to cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill

broil — full definition

  1. verb To cook food directly under or over strong heat.
  2. verb To put something under very high heat.
  3. verb To be in extremely hot conditions.

corrode — full definition

  1. verb To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
  2. verb To slowly damage, weaken or wear something away over time.
  3. verb To act in a corrosive way, or to undergo corrosion.
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