roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven Roast the potatoes for an hour. fry to cook food in hot oil She was frying some mushrooms. stir-fry to fry small pieces of food while moving them around … Bake: To make doughies ( like bread, cake, blah blah...)in an oven Roast: To make meat and vegies in an oven. Grill: Making things on a metel frame like BBQ cooking style. BTW, as for, Toast: To make …