as in to heat
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
come over and toast your toes by the fire
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Recent Examples of toast
Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Their menu features a variety of coffee and tea drinks, including signature lattes and matcha concoctions, as well as toasts and other light fare.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Breakfast at Havana 1957 means tres leches French toast and a Benedict with the elements of a Cuban sandwich.
—Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Emma's mom, Mary Lou, gave a special toast to her daughter and new son-in-law just before the wedding cake was cut.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 June 2025
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Verb
Also, avocado toast, French toast, veggie omelet, biscuits and gravy, savory crepe, liege waffle, classic Benedict, cornmeal pancakes, smoked salmon and more.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Their menu features a variety of coffee and tea drinks, including signature lattes and matcha concoctions, as well as toasts and other light fare.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Breakfast at Havana 1957 means tres leches French toast and a Benedict with the elements of a Cuban sandwich.
—Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Emma's mom, Mary Lou, gave a special toast to her daughter and new son-in-law just before the wedding cake was cut.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Fueled by wood pellets, originally designed as a more efficient way to heat wood-burning stoves, pellet grills use a combination of augers, fans, and thermostats to regulate the internal temperature and provide a cooking experience that asks very little of you.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 July 2025
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That solar energy flows into space in all directions around the sun, and a tiny fraction (about half a billionth) of it is intercepted by Earth, heating our planet.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Despite its departure from standard Superman imagery, Smallville consistently paid tribute to earlier adaptations.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Before the music began, Watanabe paid tribute to Minnesota Orchestra viola player Ken Freed, who died on June 29 while running in a sprint triathlon.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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The fact that the snow halted operations raises questions about the array's operations as the climate warms.—
María de los Ángeles Orfila,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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These were mood amplifiers, filling in the silence where Drake’s voice trailed off, and warming the edges of his restraint.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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Nicole Ari Parker, who plays LTW, gives it her all this episode, lightly sparring with guest actress Jenifer Lewis and breaking down while reading a eulogy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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His funeral is held in a local theater, where Lisa is tasked with delivering a eulogy.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Gathegi and Gunn had known each other in passing for years, and the Kenyan-American actor suddenly remembered a compliment that Gunn had paid him on the red carpet of The Suicide Squad in 2021.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Nov. 2024
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According to a detailed and well-sourced Washington Post exposé, the plot was directed from the highest levels of Indian intelligence, with the apparent blessing of officials close to Modi himself—all while Modi basked in Biden’s lavish encomium.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Looking back on Jones' stint as a guest star, Smith had high praise for the musician.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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Which means that instead of attacking the CEO, Huang should be garnering abundant praise for recognizing truths about the global economy plainly lost on his critics.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Buckley’s magazine, National Review, the flagship of the movement, published regular panegyrics to anti-communist generalissimos, heaping adoration on the likes of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo, Portugal’s Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, and Spain’s Francisco Franco.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2024
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“Toast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toast. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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