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toast (s) (noun), toasts (pl)
1. Usually a special situation in which words are spoken in honor of someone to express good wishes, etc., after which people drink to show that they agree with the spoken words: Susanne made a toast to the bride and groom and then all of the people there drank a toast to the newly married couple.
2. Someone who is very popular in a particular place or among a particular group of people: After Marvin won the championship, he was said to be the toast of the sport.
3. Bread which has been sliced and then made crisp and brown by heating: Sean and Shareen had toast with their scrambled eggs.
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toast (verb), toasts; toasted; toasting
1. To drink or to propose a tribute and libation for someone and to honor that person with a speech and a drink: They all toasted the winner of the computer programming contest.

In Scotland, a new project in the Scotch producing region of Speyside plans to take the waste from the whiskey-making process and turn it into electrical power; so, in a few years, some 9,000 homeowners may be able to toast their new source of electricity over and over again.

—Compiled from information provided by National Public Radio on their web site at
"Scottish Homes Could Be Energized By Whiskey", at NPR.org on May 6, 2011.
2. To make food; such as, bread crisp and brown by heating it: Jillian toasted the bread in a toaster for breakfast.
3. To warm oneself, or a part of the body, by being close to a fire or some other source of heat: Earl was toasting his cold feet in front of the fireplace.
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