Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)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.

    поджа́риватьpodžárivatʹ, поджа́ритьpodžáritʹ

  2. (intransitive, specifically)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.

    toasten, rösten

  3. (ambitransitive)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!

    toasten, anstoßen, auf jemandes Wohl trinken

  4. (transitive)To warm thoroughly.

    I toasted my feet by the fire.

  5. (Jamaica, slang)To perform an extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

More definitions
  • propose a toast to
  • make brown and crisp by heating

Examples

285 sentences

  1. I always have coffee and toast for breakfast.

    На сніданок в мене завжди кава й тост. — aandrusiak

    ruНа завтрак у меня всегда кофе и тост. — Hellerick

    deZum Frühstück esse ich immer Toast und trinke Kaffee. — dima555

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  2. Tom spread some strawberry jam on his toast.

    Том намазав трохи полуничного варення на грінку. — deniko

    ruТом намазал немного клубничного джема на тост. — Ivanovb

    deTom strich sich Erdbeermarmelade aufs Brot. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I'd like some toast if you are making some.

    Я б хотів тостів, якщо ти їх робиш. — deniko

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  4. Who wants french toast?

    Хто хоче французьку грінку? — deniko

    ruКому французский тост? — sharptoothed

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  5. The toast looks burnt.

    Тост виглядає так, ніби згорів. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to lightly cook by browning over fire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to lightly cook in a kitchen appliance:
to engage in a salutation:

Origin

From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Late Latin to

From Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Late Latin tostō, -āre, frequentative of torreō (“to burn, grill”) from its perfect passive participle tostus (“grilled, burnt”).

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Forms

toasts, toasting, toasted, toasted
Base formtoast · to toast
3rd person singulartoasts
Present participletoasting
Past simpletoasted
Past participletoasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoast
he, she, ittoasts

Past simpleLesson

all personstoasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toasted
he, she, ithas toasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toast

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedtoastertoasting
Derivedretoasttoastabletoast up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • piece of toast
  • toast for breakfast
  • toast fell fell
  • his toast fell
  • burnt the toast
  • on his toast
  • toast fell

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toadstooltoadytoastertoastytobaccoB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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