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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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toast
(təʊst)n
1. (Cookery) sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
2. be toast informal to face certain destruction or defeat
vb
3. (Cookery) (tr) to brown under a grill or over a fire: to toast cheese.
4. to warm or be warmed in a similar manner: to toast one's hands by the fire.
[C14: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst, torrid]
toast
(təʊst)n
1. 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
2. a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
3. (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made: she was the toast of the town.
vb
4. to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
5. (Pop Music) (intr) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique. See also rap16
[C17 (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 toast]
ˈtoaster n
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toast1
(toʊst)n.
1. sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
v.t. 2. to brown (bread, cheese, etc.) by exposure to heat.
3. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire: to toast one's feet at the fireplace.
v.i. 4. to become toasted.
Idioms: be toast, Slang. to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble: If you come here again, you're toast!
[1350–1400; Middle English to(o)sten (v.) < Middle French toster < Vulgar Latin *tostāre, derivative of Latin tostus (<*torstos), past participle of torrēre to parch, roast]
toast2
(toʊst)n.
1. a few words of welcome, congratulation, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
2. a person, event, etc., honored with raised glasses before drinking.
3. an act or instance of thus drinking: to drink a toast to the queen.
4. a person, esp. an entertainer, who is widely celebrated: She was the toast of five continents.
v.t. 5. to propose or drink a toast to or in honor of.
v.i. 6. to propose or drink a toast.
[1690–1700; figurative use of toast1]
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toast
Past participle: toasted
Gerund: toasting
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toast
To brown food in a dry heat.
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| Noun | 1. |  toast - slices of bread that have been toastedbread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked cinnamon toast - buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel) orange toast - buttered toast with sugar and grated orange rind and a little orange juice Melba toast - very thin crisp brown toast Brussels biscuit, rusk, twice-baked bread, zwieback - slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp |
| 2. | toast - a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention; "he was the toast of the town" celebrity, famous person - a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity" | |
| 3. | toast - a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast" desperate - a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" | |
| 4. |  toast - a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or eventdrink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" | |
| Verb | 1. |  toast - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"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" |
| 2. |  toast - propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"give - propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party" |
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toast
1verb
2. warm (up), heat (up), thaw, bring back to life a bar with an open fire for toasting feet after a day skiing
toast
2noun
1. tribute, drink, compliment, salute, health, pledge, salutation We drank a toast to Miss Jacobs.
verb
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toast
nounThe act of drinking to someone:
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Translations
أُمْنِيَة شُرْب النَّخْبخُبْزٌ مُحَمَّصخُبْز مُحَمَّصشُرْب نَخْبنَخْب
přípitektopinkatoustopékátoslavenec
toastskålskåltaleder skåles forperson
maljapaahtoleipäskoolatapaahtaakilistää
tostzdravicaprepečenac
rista brauîristaî brauîskálskál; sá/òaî sem skálaî er fyrirskála, drekka skál
トースト乾杯
건배구운 빵
dzert uz kāda veselībugrauzdētgrauzdiņšlaimes vēlējumstosts
hriankaopekaťoslávenecprípitok
nazdravitiopečenecopečizdravica
zdravica
skålskålarostarostat bröd
การดื่มอวยพรขนมปังปิ้ง
bánh mì nướngchúc
toast
[təʊst]A. N
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
toast
[ˈtəʊst] n
(= drink, speech) → toast m
to drink a toast to sb → porter un toast à qn
to propose a toast → proposer un toast
to drink a toast to sb → porter un toast à qn
to propose a toast → proposer un toast
vt
(= drink to) → porter un toast à
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
toast
1n → Toast m; a piece of toast → ein Toast m, → eine Scheibe Toast; on toast → auf Toast; as warm as toast (fig) → mollig warm
vt bread → toasten; (on open fire, in oven) → rösten; to toast one’s feet by the fire → sich (dat) → die Füße am Feuer wärmen
toast
2n
→ Toast m, → Trinkspruch m; to drink or raise a toast to somebody → auf jdn trinken, einen Toast auf jdn ausbringen; to propose a toast → einen Toast or Trinkspruch ausbringen (→ to auf +acc); they raised their glasses in a toast (to him) → sie hoben ihre Gläser (um auf ihn zu trinken)
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toast1
(təust) verb to make (bread etc) brown in front of direct heat. We toasted slices of bread for tea.
noun bread that has been toasted. He always has two pieces of toast for breakfast.
ˈtoasted adjective heated by direct heat, eg under a grill. toasted cheese; Do you like your bread toasted?
ˈtoaster noun an electric machine for toasting bread.
ˈtoaster oven noun a small oven for toasting bread or baking food.
ˈtoastrack noun a small stand in which slices of toast can be served. Put the toastrack on the table.
toast2
(təust) verb to drink ceremonially in honour of, or to wish success to (someone or something). We toasted the bride and bridegroom / the new ship.
noun1. an act of toasting. Let's drink a toast to our friends!
2. the wish conveyed, or the person etc honoured, by such an act.
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toast
→ خُبْزٌ مُحَمَّص, نَخْب přípitek, topinka skål, toast Toast, Trinkspruch πρόποση, φρυγανιά brindis, tostada malja, paahtoleipä faire griller, pain grillé tost, zdravica brindisi, pane tostato トースト, 乾杯 건배, 구운 빵 toast ristet brød, skål grzanka, toast brinde, torrada тост rostat bröd, skål การดื่มอวยพร, ขนมปังปิ้ง kadeh kaldırmak, tost bánh mì nướng, chúc 烤面包片, 祝酒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
toast
n pan tostadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.