| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  t st |
| NOUN: | 1a. The act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing. b. A proposal to drink to someone or something or a speech given before the taking of such a drink. c. The one honored by a toast. 2. A person receiving much attention or acclaim: the toast of Broadway. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: toast·ed, toast·ing, toasts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To drink to the health or honor of. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To propose or drink a toast. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps from toast1 (from the use of spiced toast to flavor drinks).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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