toast

[Toast]

Slices of bread that have been toasted

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To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

Noun
slices of bread that have been toasted

Noun
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

Noun
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I''m a goner if this plan doesn''t work"; "one mistake and you''re toast"

Noun
a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention; "he was the toast of the town"

Verb
make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"

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Verb
propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let''s drink to the New Year"


v. t.
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

v. t.
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

v. t.
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

v.
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.

v.
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.

v.
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.


Toast

Toast , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toasted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. 3. 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

Toast, n. [OF. toste, or tost'82e, toasted bread. See Toast, v.] 1. 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.
My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught.
2. 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.
It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia.
3. 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. Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

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.

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Usage Examples

With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.

There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet.

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Other Usage Examples

I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.

Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you're toast anyway.

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.

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