toast

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[edit] Etymology

Old French toster (to roast, to grill) < Latin tostus (grilled, burnt, from verb torrere (to burn, to grill))

The salutation originally referred to the beautiful or popular woman whose health was proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced toast to flavor drink, regarding her as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk

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Singular
toast

Plural
uncountable

toast (uncountable)

  1. Toasted bread.
    I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
  2. A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
    At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
  3. (slang) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
    If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
  4. (Jamaican and U.S. black slang) extemporaneous narrative poem or rap

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Infinitive
to toast

Third person singular
toasts

Simple past
toasted

Past participle
toasted

Present participle
toasting

to toast (third-person singular simple present toasts, present participle toasting, simple past and past participle toasted)

  1. To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
    We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
  2. To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
    Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
  3. To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
    We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.

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  • toast” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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toast m. (plural toasts)

  1. toast

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English

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toast m. inv.

  1. toast, pledge (in honour of someone)
  2. toasted sandwich

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From English toast

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toast m.

  1. toast (a proposed salutation while drinking alcohol)

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Singular Plural
Nominative toast toasty
Genitive toastu toastów
Dative toastowi toastom
Accusative toast toasty
Instrumental toastem toastami
Locative toaście toastach
Vocative toaście toasty
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