toast

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).

   • I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
   • This toast and marmalade tastes heavenly.
2. 2

   A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

   • At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
3. 3

   A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made

   A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

   • He was the toast of high society.
   • Josephine Baker did not become the toast of Paris by just shaking her booty for some theater gypsies as a party wound down.
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   1. 4

      Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or…

      Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated.

      • The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.
   2. 5

      Something that will be no more

      Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

      • to become/be toast
      • If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
      • You are going to be toast if you don't submit your school project on time.
   3. 6

      A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

   4. 7

      An old toast ("a lively fellow who drinks excessively").

   5. 8

      A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.

      • With the new Windows Push Notification Service, you can remotely send notifications from a cloud-based web service. In Windows 8, the majority of the Toast messages are standard duration toasts.
   6. 9

      A piece of toast.

      • Go, fetch me a quart of Sacke, put a toſt in't.
   7. 10

      To cook lightly by browning by means of direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

      • We used to enjoy toasting marshmallows around the campfire.
   8. 11

      To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster

      To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.

      • Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
   9. 12

      To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an…

      To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.

      • We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
      • You all have achieved so much together thus far, so I think that deserves a toast! Let's toast!
   10. 13

       To warm thoroughly.

       • I toasted my feet by the fire.
   11. 14

       To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

       • Toasting over a record does more than change the way that record is perceived by the audience: it creates a new piece of music with joint creative authorship, although the law does not support this characterization.
   12. 15

       Initialism of The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique

       Initialism of The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique: a mechanism in PostgreSQL that allows rows of data to exceed the normal maximum size by splitting off part of the data into an auxiliary table.

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