Definition

1. Noun:

   • Slices of bread browned by heat: Bread that has been exposed to heat until it becomes brown and crisp.
   • A drink or proposal honoring someone/something: An act of raising glasses and drinking together in honor of a person, event, or sentiment.
   • A person who is honored or celebrated: Someone who receives great public acclaim or admiration.
   • (Informal) A person in a desperate situation: Someone who is doomed or in serious trouble.

2. Verb:

   • To brown bread by heating: To make bread crisp and brown by exposing it to heat.
   • To drink in honor of someone/something: To propose or participate in a celebratory drink by raising glasses.

Examples

• Noun:

  • I like my toast with butter and jam for breakfast.
  • The best man gave a heartfelt toast to the newlyweds.
  • After winning the championship, she was the toast of the entire city.
  • If the boss finds out, you're toast.

• Verb:

  • Could you please toast the bread for the sandwiches?
  • We gathered to toast the success of our new project.

Advanced Usage

• "To be toast" (idiomatic, informal): To be in serious trouble, ruined, or defeated.
  • If you fail this final exam, you're toast.
• "To have someone on toast" (British, informal): To have complete control or advantage over someone.
  • With this evidence, we've got them on toast.

Variants and Related Words

• Toaster (n): An electrical appliance for toasting bread.
• Toasty (adj): Pleasantly warm.
• Toastmaster (n): A person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a formal event.

Synonyms

• Noun (Bread): Roasted bread, browned bread.
• Noun (Drink): Tribute, salute.
• Verb (Heat): Brown, grill, crisp.
• Verb (Honor): Salute, drink to, pledge.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Toast" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The primary meanings are covered by the verb itself.)

Related Idioms

• "Warm as toast": Very comfortably warm.
  • Sitting by the fire, I was as warm as toast.
• "To propose a toast": To formally ask a group to raise glasses and drink in honor of someone/something.
  • I'd like to propose a toast to our gracious hosts.

Noun

1. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
2. a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
   • I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work
   • one mistake and you're toast
3. a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
   • he was the toast of the town
4. slices of bread that have been toasted

Verb

1. propose a toast to
   • Let us toast the birthday girl!
   • Let's drink to the New Year
2. make brown and crisp by heating
   • toast bread
   • crisp potatoes