toast
1. toast \'to-st\ vb [ME tosten, fr. MF toster, fr. LL tostare to roast,
fr. L ]tostus, pp. of torre-re to dry, parch - more at THIRST 1: to make
(as bread) crisp, hot, and brown by heat 2: to warm thoroughly : to
become toasted; esp : to warm thoroughly
2. toast n [fr. the use of pieces of spiced toast to flavor drinks]
[3toast] 1a: sliced toasted bread browned on both sides by heat 1b: food
prepared with toasted or recooked bread 2a: a person whose health is drunk
or something in honor of which persons d rink 2b: a highly admired person
3: an act of proposing or of drinking in honor of a toast
3. toast vt [2toast] : to propose or drink to as a toast