Definitions for toasttoʊst
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
toasttoʊst(n.)
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
(v.t.)to brown (bread, cheese, etc.) by exposure to heat.
to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire:
to toast one's feet at the fireplace.
(v.i.)to become toasted.
Idioms for toast:
be toast,Slang.to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble:
If you come here again, you're toast!
Category: Status (usage), Idiom
Origin of toast:
1350–1400; ME to(o)sten (v.) < MF toster < VL *tostāre, der. of L tostus (<*torstos), ptp. of torrēre to parch, roast
toasttoʊst(n.)
a few words of welcome, congratulation, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
a person, event, etc., honored with raised glasses before drinking.
an act or instance of thus drinking:
to drink a toast to the queen.
a person, esp. an entertainer, who is widely celebrated:
She was the toast of five continents.
(v.t.)to propose or drink a toast to or in honor of.
(v.i.)to propose or drink a toast.
Origin of toast:
1690–1700; fig. use of toast1
Princeton's WordNet
toast(noun)
slices of bread that have been toasted
toast(noun)
a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
"he was the toast of the town"
goner, toast(noun)
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
"I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast"
pledge, toast(verb)
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
crispen, toast, crisp(verb)
make brown and crisp by heating
"toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail(verb)
propose a toast to
"Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
toast(noun)ʊst
bread that has been toasted
Would you like a piece of toast?
toastʊst
when you honor sb or sth by lifting your glass and drinking
Please join me in a toast to the bride and groom.
toast(verb)ʊst
to put bread next to a high heat to make it brown
Toast the bread.
toastʊst
to honor sb or sth by lifting a glass and drinking
I'd like to toast my beautiful wife.
Wiktionary
toast(Noun)
Toasted bread.
toast(Noun)
A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
toast(Noun)
A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
He was the toast of high society.
toast(Noun)
Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, heu2019s toast!
toast(Noun)
Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
toast(Noun)
A software engineering term for a transient, pop-up informational window
toast(Verb)
To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
toast(Verb)
To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
toast(Verb)
To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
toast(Verb)
To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Origin: From toster (to roast, to grill), from tostus (grilled, burnt, from verb torrere (to burn, to grill)).
Webster Dictionary
Toast(verb)
to dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread
Toast(verb)
to warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet
Toast(verb)
to name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady
Toast(u)
bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc
Toast(u)
a lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy
Toast(u)
hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc
The New Hacker's Dictionary
toast
1. n.Any completely inoperable system or component, esp. one that has just crashed and burned: “Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast.” (This sense went mainstream around 1993.) 2. vt. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. “Rick just toasted the firewall machine again.” Compare fried.
Translations for toast
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- stel 'n heildronk inAfrikaans

- شُرْب نَخْبArabic

- наздравицаBulgarian

- brindePortuguese (BR)

- přípitekCzech

- der ToastGerman

- skålDanish

- πρόποσηGreek

- brindisSpanish

- toostEstonian

- باده نوشیFarsi

- maljaFinnish

- toastFrench

- הַרָמָת כּוֹסִיתHebrew

- सलामती का जामHindi

- zdravicaCroatian

- pohárköszöntőHungarian

- sulangIndonesian

- skálIcelandic

- brindisiItalian

- 乾杯Japanese

- 축배Korean

- tostasLithuanian

- tostsLatvian

- minum ucap selamatMalay

- toostDutch

- skål(ing)Norwegian

- toastPolish

- باده نوشیPersian

- شراب نوشیPashto

- brindePortuguese

- toastRomanian

- тостRussian

- prípitokSlovak

- napitnicaSlovenian

- zdravicaSerbian

- skålSwedish

- การดื่มอวยพรThai

- şerefe/sağlığa içmeTurkish

- 祝酒Chinese (Trad.)

- виголошення тостуUkrainian

- تقريباتي شراب نوشيUrdu

- nâng cốc chúc mừngVietnamese

- 祝酒Chinese (Simp.)

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