English noun: toast | |||
| 1. | toast (food) slices of bread that have been toasted | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bread, breadstuff, staff of life | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Brussels biscuit, cinnamon toast, Melba toast, orange toast, rusk, twice-baked bread, zwieback | ||
| 2. | toast (person) a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention | ||
| Samples | He was the toast of the town. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | celebrity, famous person | ||
| 3. | toast (person) a person in desperate straits; someone doomed | ||
| Samples | I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work. One mistake and you're toast.  | ||
| Synonyms | goner | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desperate | ||
| 4. | toast (food) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | ||
| Synonyms | pledge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drink | ||
English verb: toast | |||
| 1. | toast (change) make brown and crisp by heating | ||
| Samples | Toast bread. Crisp potatoes.  | ||
| Synonyms | crisp, crispen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something  | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | heat, heat up | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
| 2. | toast (consumption) propose a toast to | ||
| Samples | Let us toast the birthday girl!. Let's drink to the New Year.  | ||
| Synonyms | drink, pledge, salute, wassail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody  | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | honor, honour, reward | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | give | ||
| Entail | booze, drink, fuddle | ||