The meaning of Toast

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven.

Usage examples:

A vegetable bake

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

Shut your bake!

noun

A meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.

Usage examples:

In the evening there was a barbecue

verb

Cook (food) on a barbecue.

Usage examples:

Fish barbecued with herbs

verb

Cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat.

Usage examples:

He lightly broiled a wedge of sea bass

noun

A quarrel or commotion.

Usage examples:

The dark interior was a broil of fighting men

noun

Cook by exposing to strong heat in a part of an oven

adjective

Of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.

Usage examples:

An old brown coat

noun

Brown colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

The brown of his eyes

verb

Another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun).

verb

Grill (food, especially meat) on a rack over charcoal.

Usage examples:

Charbroil the chicken on an outdoor grill

verb

To cook food over a direct heat, especially hot charcoal (= a hard, black fuel)

Usage examples:

Charbroil the chicken and zucchini, basting with the olive oil and herb mixture until the chicken i…

noun

A polite expression of praise or admiration.

Usage examples:

She paid me an enormous compliment

verb

Politely congratulate or praise (someone) for something.

Usage examples:

He complimented erika on her appearance

noun

If you give something to someone with your or someone's compliments, you give it to them free

Usage examples:

You will be offered free champagne with the hotel's compliments., he is trying to find a family tha…

noun

A polite word or sign of welcome or recognition.

Usage examples:

Mandy shouted a greeting

noun

A device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for cooking food.

Usage examples:

Place under a hot grill

verb

Cook (food) using a grill.

Usage examples:

Grill the trout for five minutes

noun

Variant spelling of grille.

noun

The state of being free from illness or injury.

Usage examples:

He was restored to health

noun

The condition of the body or mind and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of being well

Usage examples:

Her health was much improved after she started exercising., fig. the health of the economy is still…

noun

The activity or business of providing medical services

Usage examples:

They welcomed the government's commitment to extra spending on health and education., treatment of …

noun

High respect; great esteem.

Usage examples:

His portrait hangs in the place of honour

verb

Regard with great respect.

Usage examples:

They honoured their parents in all they did

verb

To do what you promised or agreed to do

Usage examples:

Honour an agreement/contract/deal all existing contracts will be honoured., honour a commitment/ple…

noun

A solemn promise or undertaking.

Usage examples:

The conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution

verb

Commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise.

Usage examples:

The government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems

noun

A formal promise, or something that is given as a sign that you will keep a promise

Usage examples:

A pledge of friendship, the telethon raised $150,000 in pledges for leukemia research.

noun

A gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another's arrival or departure.

Usage examples:

We greeted them but no one returned our salutations

noun

A greeting in words or actions, or the words used at the beginning of a letter or speech

Usage examples:

[ c ] start your letter with the salutation "dear friends."

noun

A gesture of respect or polite recognition, especially one made to or by a person when arriving or departing.

Usage examples:

He raises his arms in a triumphant salute

verb

Make a formal salute to.

Usage examples:

Don't you usually salute a superior officer?

verb

A formal military gesture of respect

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Variant spelling of sere1.

adjective

(especially of vegetation) dry or withered.

Usage examples:

Small green vineyards encircled by vast sear fields

verb

Burn (something) superficially or lightly.

Usage examples:

The fire had singed his eyebrows

noun

A superficial burn.

Usage examples:

The woman, aged 39, was able to walk to the ambulance before being taken to hospital with minor bur…

verb

To burn something slightly, or to be burned slightly

Usage examples:

The candle singed his arm hairs.

noun

An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.

Usage examples:

The video is a tribute to the musicals of the 40s

noun

Respect or admiration for someone, or a formal event at which respect and admiration are expressed

Usage examples:

[ u ] the memorial pays tribute to africans brought here as slaves., [ c ] there was a special trib…

noun

Something that you say, write, or give that shows your respect and admiration for someone, especially on a formal occasion

Usage examples:

Tributes have been pouring in from all over the world for the famous actor who died yesterday., flo…