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Roast

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

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Similar meaning 2

Cooked 84% connected

of Cook

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cooked 84% connected

of Cook

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Bemock 76% connected

To mock; to ridicule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Criticism 76% connected

The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Critique 76% connected

The art of criticism.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mock 76% connected

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lampoon 76% connected

A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Satirize 76% connected

To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stultify 76% connected

To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tease 76% connected

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Joint 74% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Joint 74% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Roaster 74% connected

One who roasts meat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Roaster 74% connected

One who roasts meat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Blackguard 92% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Guy 92% connected

A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which hold…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Joint 92% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Knock 92% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rib 92% connected

One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ridicule 92% connected

An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Roasted 92% connected

of Roast

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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