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11toast — toast1 [ toust ] noun * 1. ) uncount bread that has been heated until its outside is brown and hard: toast and jam a slice of toast 2. ) count an occasion when people all drink together and say someone s name in order to show their admiration or… …
12toast — toast1 S3 [təust US toust] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: TOAST2;] [Sense: 2; Origin: from the use of pieces of toast to add to the taste of drink] 1.) [U] bread that has been heated so that it is brown on both sides and no longer soft ▪ I had a… …
13toast — [[t]to͟ʊst[/t]] toasts, toasting, toasted 1) N UNCOUNT Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. ...a piece of toast. 2) VERB When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a… …
14toast — 1 noun 1 (U) bread that has been heated so that it is brown on both sides and no longer soft: We had toast for breakfast. 2 (C) an occasion when you ask people to all drink something in order to thank someone, wish someone luck etc: propose a… …
15toast — 1. noun /təʊst,toʊst/ a) Toasted bread. I ate a piece of toast for breakfast. b) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say cheers ) while drinking alcohol. All toasters toast toast …
16propose — verb 1 PLAN (T) formal to suggest something as a plan or course of action: Lyle proposed large cuts in the training budget. | propose that: Hansen has proposed that I become his business partner. | the proposed budget cuts 2 AT A MEETING (T) to… …
17toast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. brown, heat, warm; drink to, pledge, honor. n. toasted bread, zwieback, rusk; health, pledge. See heat, celebration. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sentiment or person drunk to] Syn. pledge, proposal,… …
18toast — I v heat or heat up, warm or warm up, brown, cook lightly, grill, roast. II n 1. salutation, pledge health; cheers, cheerio, skoal, your health, Fr. sante, Fr. salut, Latin, prosit, Hebrew, i chayim, Yiddish. mazel tov; happy days, good luck, Inf …
19propose — [c]/prəˈpoʊz / (say pruh pohz) verb (proposed, proposing) –verb (t) 1. to put forward (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method; to propose a toast. 2. to put forward or suggest as something …
20toast — [ tost ] n. m. • XIXe; toste 1750; mot angl. « pain grillé », et fig. au sens 1; de l a. fr. toster « griller » du lat. tostus, p. p. de torrere « griller » → torréfier 1 ♦ Action (fait de lever son verre) ou discours par quoi l on propose de… …
