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Definitions for Toast

[1] sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
[2] to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.
[3] to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire: She toasted her feet at the fireplace.
[4] to become toasted.
[5] be toast , Slang . to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble: If you're late to work again, you're toast!
[6] a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
[7] a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.
[8] an act or instance of thus drinking: They drank a toast to the queen.
[9] a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.
[10] a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast: She was the toast of five continents.
[11] to drink to the health of or in honor of; propose a toast to or in honor of.
[12] to propose as a toast.
[13] to propose or drink a toast.
[14] sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
[15] be toast informal to face certain destruction or defeat
[16] (tr) to brown under a grill or over a fire to toast cheese
[17] to warm or be warmed in a similar manner to toast one's hands by the fire
[18] 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
[19] a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
[20] (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made she was the toast of the town
[21] to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
[22] (intr) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique See also rap 1 (def. 6)

Words related to Toast

tribute, salute, dry, grill, warm, crisp, roast, ceremony, pledge, sentiment, drink, thanksgiving, commemoration, down, health, proposal, celebration, honor, compliment, acknowledgment

Words nearby Toast

toadshade, toadstone, toadstool, toady, toamasina, toast, toast rack, toaster, toaster oven, toasting fork, toastmaster

Origin of Toast

21690–1700; figurative use of toast1 (noun); the name of a lady so honored was said to give flavor to the drink comparable to that given by spiced toast

Word origin for Toast

C17 (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast 1 ,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spiced toast

Synonyms for Toast

salute, tribute, acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, sentiment, shingle, thanksgiving