Toast : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Toast	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Toast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toast n slices of bread that have been toasted a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention; "he was the toast of the town" a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast" Synonym(s): goner, toast a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event Synonym(s): pledge, toast v make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" Synonym(s): crispen, toast, crisp propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" Synonym(s): toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toast \Toast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. 3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toast \Toast\, n. [OF. toste, or tost[82]e, toasted bread. See {Toast}, v.] 1. 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Toast, NC (CDP, FIPS 67700) Location: 36.49687 N, 80.63293 W Population (1990): 2125 (897 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
toast 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp. one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast." 2. vt. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the {firewall machine} again." Compare {fried}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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}. (1995-05-01)