toast

Meanings

Noun

• Toasted bread.
• A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
• A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
• Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
• Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
• A transient, informational pop-up window.

Verb

• To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
• To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
• To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
• To warm thoroughly.
• To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

Origin

• From Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below).
• From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster, from Latin tostus, from verb torreō.