Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 72
Roar (n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar! -- Byron.
Roar (n.) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter. -- Macaulay.
Roar (n.) A deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder].
Roar (n.) A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl].
Roar (n.) The sound made by a lion.
Roar (v.) Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" [syn: roar, howl].
Roar (v.) Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" [syn: thunder, roar].
Roar (v.) Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup].
Roar (v.) Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town" -- R.A.Billington.
Roar (v.) Make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" [syn: bellow, roar].
Roar (v.) Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar, howl].
Roarer (n.) One who, or that which, roars. Specifically:
Roarer (n.) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.
A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses. -- Massinger.
Roarer (n.) (Far.) A horse subject to roaring. See Roaring, 2.
Roarer (n.) (Zool.) The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
Roarer (n.) Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn: roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller].
Roaring (n.) A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.
Roaring (n.) (Far.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.
Roaring (adv.) Extremely; "roaring drunk"
Roaring (a.) Very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving].
Roaring (n.) A deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder].
Roaring (n.) A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl]
Roaringly (adv.) In a roaring manner.
Roasted (imp. & p. p.) of Roast
Roasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roast
Roast (v. t.) 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.
Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. -- BAcon.
Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." -- Shak.
Roast (v. t.) (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Roast (v. t.) To banter severely. [Colloq.] -- Atterbury.
Roast (v. i.) To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. -- Chaucer.
Roast (v. i.) To undergo the process of being roasted.
Roast (n.) That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.
A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. -- Chaucer.
To rule the roast, To be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." -- Shak.
Roast (a.) Roasted; as, roast beef.
Roast (a.) (Meat) Cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast, roasted].
Roast (n.) A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint].
Roast (n.) Negative criticism [syn: knock, roast].
Roast (v.) Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey".
Roast (v.) Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun].
Roast (v.) (Cook) (A2) [ T or I ] 烘；烤；焙 To cook food in an oven or over a fire.
// Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon.
// (Figurative) We lay on the beach and roasted (= got very hot) in the Mediterranean sun.
Roast (v.) (Cook) [ T or I ] 烘焙（堅果或咖啡豆） To heat nuts or coffee beans so that they become drier and browner.
Roast (v.) (Criticize) [ T ] (Informal) 嚴厲批評；非難 To criticize severely or speak angrily to someone.
Roast (a.) [ Before noun ] (Also roasted) (A2) 烘；烤；焙 Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over a fire.
// Roast beef/ chicken/ potatoes.
// Roasted red pepper sauce.
Roast (n.) [ C ] 大塊烤肉 A large piece of roasted meat.
Roaster (n.) One who roasts meat.
Roaster (n.) A contrivance for roasting.
Roaster (n.) A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting.
Roaster (n.) A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got".
Roaster (n.) A cook who roasts food.
Roaster (n.) Flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting.
Roaster (n.) A special cooking pan for roasting.
Roasting () a. & n., from Roast, v.
Roasting ear, An ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.
Roasting jack, A machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted.
Roasting (n.) Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours".
Rob (n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also rhob, and rohob.]
Robbed (imp. & p. p.) of Rob
Robbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rob
Rob (v. t.) 搶劫，劫掠，盜取 [（+of）]；非法剝奪，使喪失 [（+of）] To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish? -- Milton.
He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. -- Shak.
To be executed for robbing a church. -- Shak.
Rob (v. t.) (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
Rob (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.
I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. -- Shak.
Rob (v. i.) 搶劫 To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. -- Shak. Robalo
Rob (v.) Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money".
Rob (v.) Rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak}, {surcharge}, {gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}] [ant: {undercharge}].
Idiom:
Rob Peter to pay Paul 拆東牆補西牆；借新債還舊債 To borrow money from one person to pay back money you borrowed from someone else.
Roband (n.) (Naut.) See Roperand.
Ropeband (n.) (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [Written also roband, and robbin.]
Robber (n.) One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows. -- Milton.
Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief.
Robber crab. (Zool.) (a) A purse crab.
Robber crab. (Zool.) (b) Any hermit crab.
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Robber gull (Zool.), A jager gull.
Robber (n.) A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence.
Robberies (n. pl. ) of Robbery
Robbery (n.) The act or practice of robbing; theft.
Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. -- Shak.
Robbery (n.) (Law) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
Note: Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately.
Syn: Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy.
Robbin (n.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
Robbin (n.) See Ropeband.
Robe (v. t.) An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.
Robe (v. t.) A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
Robed (imp. & p. p.) of Robe
Robing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Robe
Robe (v. t.) To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown.
-men (n. pl. ) of Robertsman
Roberdsman (n.) Alt. of Robertsman
Robertsman (n.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
Robert (n.) See Herb Robert, under Herb.
Robin (n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
Robin (n.) An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
Robin (n.) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
Robin (n.) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
Robinet (n.) The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
Robinet (n.) The European robin.
Robinet (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
Robing (n.) The act of putting on a robe.
Robin Goodfellow () A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.
Robinia (n.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).
Roborant (a.) Strengthening.
Roborant (n.) A strengthening medicine; a tonic.
Roborate (v. t.) To give strength or support to; to confirm.
Roboration (n.) The act of strengthening.
Roborean (a.) Alt. of Roboreous
Roboreous (a.) Made of oak.
Robot (n.) [ C ] (Machine) (B1) 機器人 A machine controlled by a computer that is used to perform jobs automatically.
// The surgery can be carried out by robots.
// A bomb disposal robot.
Robot (n.) [ C ] (Person) (Disapproving) 機器一般的人，機械呆板的人 Someone who does things in a very effective way but never shows their emotions.
// He played like a robot - note-perfect, but with no expression or dynamics at all.
Robot (n.) [ C ] (Traffic light) (South African English) （南非的）自動交通信號燈 A traffic light.
Robot (n.) [C] 機器人；自動控制裝置；遙控裝置；機械呆板的人，機器般工作的人 A machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (such as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized.
Robot (n.) An efficient insensitive person who functions automatically.
Robot (n.) A device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks.
Robot (n.) A mechanism guided by automatic controls.
Robotaxi (n.) [C] A taxi that is driven without being controlled directly by humans.
Robust (a.) Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
Robust (a.) Violent; rough; rude.
Robust (a.) Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
Robustious (a.) Robust.
Robustly (adv.) In a robust manner.
Robustness (n.) The quality or state of being robust.
Roc (n.) A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also rock, and rukh.] -- Brande & C.
Rocambole (n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.
Roccellic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.
Roccellin (n.) A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.
Roche (n.) Rock.
Roche alum () A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum.
Rochelime (n.) Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.
Rochelle (n.) A seaport town in France.
Roche moutonnee () See Sheepback.
Rochet (n.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.
Rochet (n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Rochet (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.
Roching cask () A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
Rock (n.) See Roc.
Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning. -- Chapman.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid. -- Spenser.
Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. -- Sir W. Scott.
Rock (n.) (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. -- 2 Sam. xxii. 2.
Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Rock (n.) (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
Rock alum. Same as Roche alum.
Rock+barnacle+(Zool.),+A+barnacle+({Balanus+balanoides">Rock barnacle (Zool.), A barnacle ({Balanus balanoides) Very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
Rock bass. (Zool.) The goggle-eye.
Rock bass. (Zool.) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), Any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), Native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate.
Rock candy, A form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges.
Rock cod (Zool.) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus).
Rock cook. (Zool.) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), A variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), Any one of several species of large crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New England coast ({Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), A name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata, etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), Limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), The rock pigeon; -- called also rock doo.
Rock drill, An implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), The harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), A wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), A penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), Any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also spiny lobster, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), A light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, A kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), A small Australian parakeet ({Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green.
Rock+pigeon+(Zool.),+the+wild+pigeon+({Columba+livia">Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
Rock plover. (Zool.) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), An arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), The hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), A fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), Cloride of sodium (common salt) occurring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), The harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), Any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), Any one of several large pythons; as, rock+snake+({Python+regia">the royal rock snake ({Python regia) of Africa, and the rock+snake+of+India+({Python+molurus">rock snake of India ({Python molurus). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), The purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima); -- called also rock bird, rock plover, winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), A kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.) A North American sparrow ({Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, Petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), Any Old World thrush of the genus Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock thrush ({Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush of India ({Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), A kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also sea trout, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), A small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), Any one of several species of wrens of the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico.
Rocked (imp. & p. p.) of Rock
Rocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rock
Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
A rising earthquake rocked the ground. -- Dryden.
Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet. "Sleep rock thy brain." -- Shak.
Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.
It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory motion of something suspended.
Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. -- J. Philips .
Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.
Rockelay (n.) Alt. of Rocklay
Rocklay (n.) See Rokelay.