Meaning of toast in English

Verb
toast
Etymology
1970s: perhaps the same word as toast
Definitions
1. make brown and crisp by heating
Examples
- « toast bread »
- « crisp potatoes »
2. propose a toast to
Examples
- « Let us toast the birthday girl! »
- « Let's drink to the New Year »
Noun
toast
Etymology
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 (toast (sense 2 of the noun)) goes back to the late 17th century, and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink, the idea being that the lady's name flavored the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine
Definitions
1. slices of bread that have been toasted
2. a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention
Examples
- « he was the toast of the town »
3. a person in desperate straits
Examples
- « someone doomed »
- « I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work »
- « one mistake and you're toast »
4. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

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