toasting
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toast 1
(tōst)v. toast·ed, toast·ing, toasts
v. tr.
1. To heat and brown (bread, for example) by exposure to radiant heat.
2. To warm thoroughly, as before a fire: toast one's feet.
v. intr.
To become toasted: This bread toasts well.
n.
1. Sliced bread heated and browned.
2. Slang One that is doomed, in trouble, or unworthy of further consideration.
[Middle English tosten, from Old French toster, from Vulgar Latin *tostāre, frequentative of Latin torrēre, to parch, burn; see ters- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
toast 2
(tōst)n.
1.
a. The act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing.
b. A proposal to drink to someone or something or a speech given before the taking of such a drink.
c. The one honored by a toast.
2. A person receiving much attention or acclaim: the toast of Broadway.
v. toast·ed, toast·ing, toasts
v.tr.
To drink to the health or honor of.
v.intr.
To propose or drink a toast.
[Perhaps from toast (from the use of spiced toast to flavor drinks).]
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toasting
(ˈtəʊstɪŋ)n
the act of raising a toast
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| Noun | 1. |  toasting - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
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