ROASTING

verb

1. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
3. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

noun

1. The act by which something is roasted.
2. A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).

adjective

1. Very hot.