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toast

1

[tohst]

noun

  1. sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.



verb (used with object)

  1. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.

  2. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire.

    She toasted her feet at the fireplace.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become toasted.

toast

2

[tohst]

noun

  1. a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.

  2. a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.

  3. an act or instance of thus drinking.

    They drank a toast to the queen.

  4. a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.

  5. a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast.

    She was the toast of five continents.

verb (used with object)

  1. to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of.

  2. to propose as a toast.

verb (used without object)

  1. to propose or drink a toast.

toast

1

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. a tribute or proposal of health, success, etc, given to a person or thing by a company of people and marked by raising glasses and drinking together

  2. a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal

  3. (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made

    she was the toast of the town

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verb

  1. to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)

  2. (intr) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique See also rap 1

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

toast

2

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster

  2. informalto face certain destruction or defeat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to brown under a grill or over a fire

    to toast cheese

  2. to warm or be warmed in a similar manner

    to toast one's hands by the fire

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈٴDzٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of toast1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb tosten, from Old French toster, from Vulgar Latin ٴDz (unattested), derivative of Latin tostus (from unattested torstos ), past participle of ٴǰŧ “to parch, roast”, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr “dry”; noun derivative of the verb; torrid; thirst ( def. )

Origin of toast2

First recorded in 1690–1700; figurative use of toast 1 (noun); the name of a lady so honored was said to give flavor to the drink comparable to that given by spiced toast
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of toast1

C17 (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast 1 ,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spiced toast

Origin of toast2

C14: from Old French toster, from Latin ōٳܲ parched, baked from ٴǰŧ to dry with heat; see thirst , torrid
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. be toast, to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble.

    If you're late to work again, you're toast!

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Example Sentences

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So there's no evidence that spreading local honey on your toast will help hay fever caused by grass and tree pollens.

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And her open-mindedness is what makes her the toast of the town.

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Ms Lyne-Pirkis said she has two versions - a rich, roux-based recipe with cheddar, beer, mustard and Worcestershire sauce and a quicker one mixing egg, cheese, and seasoning to spread on toast.

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We still ate it, spooned over toasted English muffins with poached eggs, but I couldn’t get past the texture.

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The desperation of a toasted Dodger Stadium made itself abundantly clear Sunday in the fourth inning of a sunburn against the New Yankees.

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