street a road in a city or town that has buildings on one or both sides. The short way of writing "Street" in addresses is St. : 1281 Tobin St. ♦ a street map of San Francisco ♦ You can't drive down there. It's a one-way street. ♦ They live across the street from us. highway a big road that connects cities and towns: Highway 101 between Ventura and Los Angeles ♦ Take the highway to Flagstaff. ♦ There was a traffic jam on the highway.
lane one part of a larger road, marked with painted lines to keep lines of traffic separate: a four-lane highway ♦ You're in the wrong lane for turning right. avenue a wide street in a city or town. This word is often used in the names of city streets, and can be written as Ave. : 109 Fifth Ave. ♦ We stayed at a hotel on Lexington Avenue.
road trip / ' roud trip / noun [ count ] ( informal ) a long trip made in a car
roam / roum / verb ( roams, roam - ing, roamed )
to walk or travel with no special plan
Dogs were roaming the streets looking for food.
roar 1 / ror / verb ( roars , roar - ing , roared )
to make a loud, deep sound The lion roared.
Everyone roared with laughter .
roar2 / ror / noun [ count ]
a loud, deep sound
the lion gave a huge roar
the roar of an airplane's engines
roast / rou st / verb ( roasts , roast - ing , roast - ed )
to cook or be cooked in an oven or over a fire Roast the chicken in a hot oven. Thesaurus
cook to make food ready to eat by heating it: My mother taught me how to cook. ♦ Who is going to cook dinner tonight? ♦ What's the best way to cook salmon? ♦ He cooked us a wonderful meal. boil to cook vegetables, rice, eggs, etc. in boiling water (= water heated to 212°F ) : Boil the rice for 15 minutes. ♦ Put the potatoes on to boil. ♦ Do you like boiled cabbage?
fry to cook food in a shallow pan of hot oil: Fry the onion and garlic for five minutes. ♦ There was a smell of bacon frying in the kitchen. ♦ fried chicken/fish/rice bake to cook food in an oven without any extra fat or liquid: to bake bread/cookies ♦ We baked him a cake for his birthday. ♦ baked potatoes roast to cook large pieces of meat in an oven or over a fire; to cook vegetables in oil or fat in an oven: The turkey is roasting in the oven. ♦ You should boil the potatoes for a little while before you roast them. grill to cook meat or fish on metal bars over a fire: to grill steak/chicken/burgers/fish on the barbecue ♦ grilled salmon
broil to cook food under or over direct heat: to broil salmon/a steak ♦ We ate broiled chicken with vegetables. ►roast adjective
roast beef
rob © / rab / verb ( ob« , ob bing , robbed )
to take something that is not yours from a person or place They robbed a bank.
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A person who steals is called a thief . A thief steals things: They stole my camera. A thief robs people and places: I've been robbed . ♦ They robbed a bank.
