toasting
present participle oftoast
toast
verb[T]
uk/təʊst/us/toʊst/toastverb[T](HEAT)
to makebreador otherfoodwarm,crisp(= hard enough tobreak), andbrownby putting it near a highheat:
Do youwantthisbreadtoasted?
Thesandwichwasservedonlightlytoastedciabatta.
informal
towarmyourself orpartofyourbody:
He's just toasting hisfeetby thefire.
Preparing food using heat
- air fryer
- bain-marie
- baking
- baking parchment
- barbecue
- blanch
- boil
- deep fat fryer
- deep-fried
- deep-fry
- done
- doneness
- overcook
- overdone
- pan-fry
- parboil
- poach
- sear
- underdone
- warm(someone/something)up
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Warm
toastverb[T](DRINK)
toholdupyourglassand thendrinkas anexpressionof goodwishesorrespect:
We toasted thehappycouple.
Drinking alcohol
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- after hoursidiom
- bar-hop
- barhopping
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking game
- drinking-up time
- drownyoursorrowsidiom
- hangover
- hatch
- out of hoursidiom
- outdrink
- overdrink
- paint
- paint the town redidiom
- ply
- poison
- spike
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Despite the variety of customers (more could have been said about travellers and migrants), social cohesion was encouraged by singing andtoastingand other rituals of fellowship.
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Let us react for a little while to thetoasting.
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One of them did collapse after three or four toastings and the other did not collapse.
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I think that the words we have spoken today will act as a very considerable encouragement rather than thetoastingexercise.
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He takes his coat off and sits in front of the wireless,toastinghis feet in front of the electric fire.
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I do not take any part in thattoasting.
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He devised the mix for the correct stickiness and bite, invented thetoastingmachinery, obtained some second-hand sweet wrapping machinery and fulfilled a number of orders.
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At the conclusion of the meeting, the lodge might adjourn for a formal dinner, or "festive board", sometimes involvingtoastingand song.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sauce is created bytoastingpumpkin seeds, grinding them to a powder, and blending with a broth of epazote.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eve of the festival features various forms of folk entertainment and activities including cockfighting andtoastingsticky rice in bamboo.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This sandwich is then toasted in a sandwich toaster (or in the case of roadside vendors, intoastingtongs over a portable gas stove).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While some regardtoastingwith an empty glass as either unlucky or simply rude, others view this as acceptable behavior for the non-drinker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since then, soldiers have enjoyedtoastingto their victories with a beer boot.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each slot has the identical functionality except theirtoastingtime.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Symbel consists of rounds of ritual drinking andtoasting, and invariably takes place within an enclosed space of some kind.
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