Toast

v. t.

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

[imp. & p. p. Toasted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting.]

To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

My sober evening let the tankard bless,
With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught.

- T. Warton.

A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; - so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia.

- Fielding.

Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

Toast rack
a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.

Noun	1.	toast - slices of bread that have been toasted
	2.	toast - a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention; "he was the toast of the town"
	3.	toast - a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast" Synonyms: goner
	4.	toast - a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event Synonyms: pledge
Verb	1.	toast - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" Synonyms: crisp
	2.	toast - propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" Synonyms: salute, wassail, drink, pledge

(jargon)

toast - 1. Any completely inoperable system or component, especially one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast."

2. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the firewall machine again."

Compare fried.

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