Past tense of roast
regular verb
The past tense of roast is roasted. The past participle is also roasted.
Forms of roast
| Base form (V1) | roast /ɹoʊst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | roasted /ˈɹoʊstɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | roasted /ˈɹoʊstɪd/ |
| Present participle | roasting /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | roasts /ɹəʊsts/ |
Roasted in a sentence
- He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
- She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.From the entry roast up
- We roasted mickeys over a fire with two-foot sticks.From the entry mickey
- We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.From the entry open fire
Meaning of roast
- verb To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- verb To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- verb To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
Questions about the past tense of roast
- What is the past tense of roast?
- The past tense of roast is roasted.
- What is the past participle of roast?
- The past participle of roast is roasted.
- Is roast a regular or irregular verb?
- Roast is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roast (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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