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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