roasting

present participle and gerund of roastform-ofgerundparticiple

• Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.

Very hot.colloquial

• The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.

The act by which something is roasted.

• These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings[…]
• There were signs of recent roastings and fryings, and Frank explained he’d been eating pretty well, making his way through frozen stocks from the shop.

A strong rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).colloquialfiguratively

• My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.

The act of attempting to humiliating someone or being humiliated in such a way that it appears comedic, especially publicly.