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toast
1[ tohst ]
noun
- sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
verb (used with object)
- to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.
- to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire:
She toasted her feet at the fireplace.
verb (used without object)
- to become toasted.
toast
2[ tohst ]
noun
- a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
- a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.
- an act or instance of thus drinking:
They drank a toast to the queen.
- a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.
- a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast:
She was the toast of five continents.
verb (used with object)
- to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of.
- to propose as a toast.
verb (used without object)
- to propose or drink a toast.
toast
1/ təʊst /
noun
- sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
- be toast informal.to face certain destruction or defeat
verb
- tr to brown under a grill or over a fire
to toast cheese
- to warm or be warmed in a similar manner
to toast one's hands by the fire
toast
2/ təʊst /
noun
- 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
- a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
- (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made
she was the toast of the town
verb
- to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
- intr to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique See also rap 1
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Derived Forms
- ˈtoaster, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toast1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb tosten, from Old French toster, from Vulgar Latin tostāre (unattested), derivative of Latin tostus (from unattested torstos ), past participle of torrēre “to parch, roast”, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr “dry”; noun derivative of the verb; torrid; thirst ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toast1
C14: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst , torrid
Origin of toast2
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
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- be toast, Slang. to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble:
If you're late to work again, you're toast!
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