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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024toast1 /toʊst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- sliced bread browned by dry heat.
v. - (of bread, etc.) to (cause to) become brown by dry heat: [~ + object]to toast a few slices of bread.[no object]This bread doesn't toast well.
- [~ + object] to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire, as one's hands or feet.
toast2 /toʊst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a few words of welcome, congratulations, etc., said just before drinking (usually, an alcoholic beverage) to honor a person, event, etc.:I propose a toast to all our good friends gathered here tonight.
- a person, event, etc., honored with raised glasses before drinking.
- a person, esp. an entertainer, who is widely celebrated or famous:[usually singular* the + ~ + of]She was the toast of five countries.
v. [~ + object] - to propose or drink a toast to or in honor of:They toasted the newlyweds.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024toast1 (tōst),USA pronunciation n. - sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- be toast, [Slang.]to be or become someone who is doomed or ruined;
get into trouble:If you come here again, you're toast! v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to become toasted.
- *torstos), past participle of torrēre to parch, roast, from a base *tors-, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr dry; (noun, nominal) late Middle English to(o)ste, derivative of the verb, verbal; see torrid, thirst
- Vulgar Latin *tostāre, derivative of Latin tostus (
- Middle French toster
- (verb, verbal) Middle English to(o)sten 1350–1400
toast2 (tōst),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
v.t. - to drink to the health of or in honor of;
propose a toast to or in honor of. - to propose as a toast.
v.i. - to propose or drink a toast.
- 1690–1700; fig. use of toast1 (noun, nominal); the name of a lady so honored was said to give flavor to the drink comparable to that given by spiced toast
toast1, + n. - Slang Terms be toast, to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble:If you're late to work again, you're toast!
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: toast /təʊst/ n - 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
vb - (transitive) 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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst, torrid toast /təʊst/ n - 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
vb - to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
- (intransitive) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique
See also rap1 Etymology: 17th Century (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast1,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spiced toastˈtoaster n |