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Definitions for Toasting

[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 Toasting

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Words nearby Toasting

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Origin of Toasting

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 Toasting

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 Toasting

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