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| toast [ tōst ] |
noun (plural toasts) |
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1. bread browned with heat: sliced bread that has been browned on both sides with heat, in a toaster, under a grill, or in front of an open fire
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2. call to honor somebody or something: a call to a gathering to honor somebody or something by raising glasses and drinking
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3. raising of glasses to honor somebody: an act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of somebody or something
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4. somebody or something honored: somebody or something honored by a toast
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5. somebody admired: somebody who is the object of much attention or admiration
  the toast of Hollywood
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verb (past and past participle toast·ed, present participle toast·ing, 3rd person present singular toasts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb heat and brown bread: to heat and brown bread or other food on a grill, in a toaster or in front of an open fire, or become browned in this way
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2. transitive verb warm body: to warm the body or a part of the body near a source of heat
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3. transitive and intransitive verb drink in honor of somebody: to drink or propose a drink in honor of somebody or something
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| [14th century. Via Old French toster "roast" < Latin tost-, past participle of torrere "scorch"] |
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be toast
1. to be in serious trouble
Do that again and you're toast!
2. to be in a nonfunctioning staterefers to a computer
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