toast
- toast
- [[t]to͟ʊst[/t]]
toasts, toasting, toasted
1) N-UNCOUNT Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature.
2) VERB When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp.
[V n] Toast the bread lightly on both sides.
[V-ed] ...a toasted sandwich.
3)
N-COUNT When you drink a
toast to someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success.
Eleanor and I drank a toast to Miss Jacobs...
At the end of the meal Burgoyne was asked to propose a toast.
4) VERB When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them.
[V n] Party officials and generals toasted his health...
[V n in/with n] They toasted her in champagne.
5)
N-SING: the N of
n If someone is
the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well.
She was the toast of Paris.
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toast — toast … Dictionnaire des rimes
toast — [ tost ] n. m. • XIXe; toste 1750; mot angl. « pain grillé », et fig. au sens 1; de l a. fr. toster « griller » du lat. tostus, p. p. de torrere « griller » → torréfier 1 ♦ Action (fait de lever son verre) ou discours par quoi l on propose de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
toast — TOÁST, toasturi, s.n. Urare făcută la o masă în cinstea unei persoane sau a unui eveniment, însoţită de ridicarea paharului; scurt discurs ţinut cu acest prilej. – Din fr. toast. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 TOÁST s. (rar) vivat … Dicționar Român
Toast — kann bedeuten: Toastbrot ein Trinkspruch (englisch toast), siehe Prosit oder Trinkkultur#Trinksitten Toast (Film), ein britischer Film aus dem Jahr 2010 Toast (Brennprogramm), ein Brennprogramm unter dem Betriebssystem Mac OS X Toast… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Toast — Toast, n. [OF. toste, or tost[ e]e, toasted bread. See {Toast}, v.] 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. [1913 Webster] My sober… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toast — Toast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. [1913 Webster] 2. To warm… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toast — Sm geröstetes Weißbrot, Trinkspruch std. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. toast, zu ne. toast rösten , aus afrz. toster, zu l. tōstus getrocknet , dem PPP. von l. torrēre (tōstum) dörren, rösten, versengen . Die Bedeutungsentwicklung zu… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
toast — ► NOUN 1) sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat. 2) an act of raising glasses at a gathering and drinking together in honour of a person or thing. 3) a person who is toasted or held in high regard. ► VERB 1) cook or brown … English terms dictionary
Toast — [to:st] der; [e]s, Plur. e u. s <aus gleichbed. engl. toast zu to toast, vgl. ↑toasten, Bed. 2 nach dem früheren engl. Brauch, vor einem Trinkspruch ein Stück Toast in das Glas zu tauchen>: 1. a) geröstete Weißbrotscheibe; b) zum Toasten… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Toast — »geröstete Weißbrotschnitte; Trinkspruch«: Das in beiden Bedeutungen aus engl. toast entlehnte Fremdwort erscheint in dt. Texten im 18. Jh. Der Bedeutungswandel von »geröstete Brotschnitte« zu »Trinkspruch« erklärt sich wohl aus einer früher in… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
toast — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. toastaście {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} propozycja wypicia alkoholu na czyjąś cześć połączona z okazjonalną mową zawierającą życzenia pomyślności, sukcesu, wygłaszana zwykle na uroczystych bankietach, przyjęciach… … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
