English Dictionary: toast | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for toast | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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 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) |