toast

«toast» in Mova's school dictionary: bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (toast — uncountable; a toast, toasts — when drinking); verb (toast, toasts, toasted, toasting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Toast is bread whose sides have been made brown and crisp by heating. tree →

2) To toast bread or other food is to brown it with heat. tree →

3) A toast is when people lift their glasses and drink to wish someone happiness or success. tree →

4) To toast someone is to raise glasses and drink to them. tree →

5) To toast yourself is to warm yourself by a fire. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life toast is a common breakfast in the USA, UK, Australia and elsewhere (with butter, jam, Vegemite or Marmite). In science, toasting is a chemical change: the bread browns and cannot become untoasted. In safety, never put a knife or fork in a toaster while it is plugged in. At weddings and birthdays adults make toasts. Phrases: «a slice of toast», «beans on toast», «make a toast», «toast to», «warm as toast».

examples

• I had two slices of toast for breakfast. tree →
• Dad toasted the bread under the grill. tree →
• Beans on toast is a quick dinner. tree →
• Never put a knife in the toaster. tree →
• Everyone raised a glass and made a toast to Grandma. tree →
• We toasted marshmallows over the campfire. tree →
• Toasting bread is a change you cannot reverse. tree →
• We sat by the fire, warm as toast. tree →
• Babette clinked glasses with Rudy, and he returned thanks for the toast. tree →

note

Toast (bread) is uncountable: «some toast», «a slice/piece of toast», not «a toast». «A toast» means the drinking wish. «Toasted» is the adjective for food. Informal «you're toast» means you are in big trouble.

In the corpora

• The slice of toast on your plate started as a grass.
• The front-door bell clangs, and in bursts the Otter, hugging the Rat so hard he splutters through his buttered toast.
• Why did he drag poor Ratty here, when he could be toasting his toes at home?
• Toast turns brown because sugars and proteins react into new substances; burnt toast is black because it has partly turned into carbon.
• If toast starts smoking, press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «toast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.