toast
toast
/təʊst/
1 uncountable slices of bread that have been made brown and dry by heating them on both sides in a toaster or under a grill cheese on toast
a piece of toast
two slices/rounds of toast
Collocations
adjective
… of toast
verb + toast
preposition
on toast
2 countable toast (to somebody/something) the act of a group of people wishing somebody happiness, success, etc. by drinking a glass of something at the same time I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom.
He raised his glass as if to make a toast.
Collocations
adjective
verb + toast
preposition
toast to
3 singular the toast of… a person who is praised by a lot of people in a particular place because of something that they have done well The performance made her the toast of the festival.
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Idioms
toast
/təʊst/
1 transitive toast somebody/something to lift a glass of something in the air and drink it at the same time as other people in order to wish somebody/something success, happiness, etc. The happy couple were toasted in champagne.
We toasted the success of the new company.
He raised his glass, silently toasting his absent son.
Collocations
preposition
2 transitive, intransitive toast (something) to make something, especially bread, turn brown by heating it in a toaster or close to heat; to turn brown in this way Toast the bread lightly on both sides.
The buns should be served lightly toasted.
a toasted sandwich
Place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
Collocations
adverb
3 transitive toast something to warm a part of your body by placing it near a fire He sat toasting his feet in front of the fire.
Word Origin
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘burn as the sun does, parch’): from Old French toster ‘roast’, from Latin torrere ‘parch’. The practice of drinking a toast goes back to the late 17th cent., and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink, the idea being that the lady's name flavoured the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine.
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I don't care if I age like an old suitcase, I'm getting toasted. 肌が老化しても私は焼くわ /yupeco/『ホーム・アローン2』