roast
verb (used with object)
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
am roasting
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present progressiveof roast (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am roasting here; it will drive me mad."
From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit
I feared my slipper was damp, and I am roasting it here.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
