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
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sip & Savor at LUMA Hotel San Francisco At LUMA Hotel, from your first morning espresso to your last celebratory rooftop toast, the hotel’s offerings are designed to create a seamless flow between great food, artisanal drinks, and the electric atmosphere of nearby games and concerts.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
As the dough completes its second rise, toast a couple tablespoons of all-purpose flour in a small saucepan over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026
The three then had a toast with the same alcohol—but none appeared to take it well.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The dining car’s full-service meals include French toast and omelets for breakfast, salads and burgers for lunch, and three-course dinners.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sip & Savor at LUMA Hotel San Francisco At LUMA Hotel, from your first morning espresso to your last celebratory rooftop toast, the hotel’s offerings are designed to create a seamless flow between great food, artisanal drinks, and the electric atmosphere of nearby games and concerts.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
As the dough completes its second rise, toast a couple tablespoons of all-purpose flour in a small saucepan over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026
The three then had a toast with the same alcohol—but none appeared to take it well.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries that falter under heat, thermal batteries use molten salts as electrolytes, which become ionically conductive only when heated.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shelton’s mother, Stacy, also paid tribute to him on social media.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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His most recent Instagram post is from 2024 and pays tribute to his deceased bandmate, Liam Payne.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Chicago and Cook County Warming Centers The City of Chicago operates warming centers during dangerous cold.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Remove wet clothes and warm the core with dry blankets while monitoring breathing.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Although Mayer shared a statement immediately following Weir’s death, his eulogy at yesterday’s memorial service was much longer, beginning with an anecdote about Mayer and Weir being born on the same day.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
18 Jan. 2026
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Speakers at the stadium-sized memorial service included former NASCAR drivers Phil Parsons and Jeff Burton, close friend and social media personality Garret Mitchell, and Biffle’s niece, Jordyn Biffle, who shared an emotional eulogy for Biffle, 55, Cristina, 35, and their children Ryder and Emma.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Keep track of your contributions, compliments, and client feedback.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Your 5th House of Ideation brightens as the radiant Sun meets information-gathering Mercury, encouraging playful expression and compliments.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Critchley believes that music—any music, so long as one really loves it—can lead to mystical experience, and the end of his book is an encomium to punk rock.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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What Zagajewski had in mind, perhaps, is the encomium, praise as a classical enterprise—the verb alone intimates the mode of speech at the heart of the ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy itself, tracing back to Plato and before.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One that is more spiritually rewarding than praise or criticism in scouting reports.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Here in the United States, the writer and filmmaker Mike Judge has garnered praise over the course of his career for getting laughs out of broken systems and absurd ignorance in American culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Founded in 1999, the website publishes reviews of new releases, re-releases, books, and concerts; articles on aspects of the recording business and the classical repertoire; and Hurwitz’s diatribes and panegyrics.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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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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